hunch
hunch 英 [hʌntʃ] 美 [hʌntʃ]
n. 预感；大块；肉峰 vt. 耸肩；预感到；弯腰驼背 vi. 隆起；向前移动
进行时:hunching 过去式:hunched 过去分词:hunched 第三人称单数:hunches 名词复数:hunches
- When you pose for pictures with short friends, you hunch over so you don't tower above them — you scrunch up your shoulders, bend your knees, and try to look smaller.
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- n. 预感；大块；肉峰
- vt. 耸肩；预感到；弯腰驼背
- vi. 隆起；向前移动
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1. “Yes, I believe it sounds hopeful,” he nodded. “And I have a hunch we might do well to have him share a bit of his world with us.
“是的，我认为这听起来有希望，”他点头说道，“我有一种预感，我们或许可以做得好一点，让他与我们分享他的世界。
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2. Some scientists have a hunch that a pregnant woman’s diet and her exposure to various chemicals turn on some fetal genes and turn off others.
有科学家有预感，怀孕的妇女的饮食和对各种化学物质的接触会打开一些致命的基因而关闭其他一些基因。
- hunch (n.) 1620s, "a push, thrust," from hunch (v.) in its older sense. Figurative sense of "a hint, a tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904).
- hunch (v.) "raise or bend into a hump," 1650s; earlier "to push, thrust" (c. 1500), of unknown origin. Perhaps a variant of bunch (v.). Related: Hunched; hunching.
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