bump: [16] The earliest recorded sense of bump is ‘swelling, lump’, but the evidence suggests that the primary meaning is ‘knock’, and that this led on to ‘swelling’ as the result of being hit. It is not clear where the word came from, although it may be of Scandinavian origin; no doubt ultimately it imitates the sound of somebody being hit. The verbal sense ‘swell’, now obsolete, is probably responsible for bumper, which originally meant ‘full glass or cup’, and in the 19th century was extended to anything large or abundant (as in ‘bumper crop’).
bump (n.)
1590s, "protuberance caused by a blow;" 1610s as "a dull, solid blow;" see bump (v.). The dancer's bump and grind attested from 1940.
bump (v.)
1560s, "to bulge out;" 1610s, "to strike heavily," perhaps from Scandinavian, probably echoic, original sense was "hitting" then of "swelling from being hit." Also has a long association with obsolete bum "to make a booming noise," which perhaps influenced surviving senses such as bumper crop, for something full to the brim (see bumper). To bump into "meet" is from 1880s; to bump off "kill" is 1908 in underworld slang. Related: Bumped; bumping. Bumpsy (adj.) was old slang for "drunk" (1610s).
雙語例句
1. The child took five steps, and then sat down with a bump.
小孩走了5步，接著撲通一聲坐到了地上。
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2. He felt a heavy bump, but paid no attention to it.
他覺得起了個大包，但是沒有理會。
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3. Joanna heard him bump into the table and curse again.
喬安娜聽見他撞到了桌子上，又罵罵咧咧的。
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4. Add pasta to your salads to bump up your fibre intake.
在色拉中加入意大利面條，增加你的纖維攝入量。
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5. I happened to bump into Mervyn Johns in the hallway.