hunch

hunch
verb
  1. [with obj.]raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward
    使弓起；使隆起（肩部）
    he thrust his hands in his pockets, hunching his shoulders.
    他双手插在口袋中，耸着肩。
    [no obj.]he hunched over his glass.
    他俯向他的玻璃酒杯。
    ■[no obj.]bend one's body into a huddled position
    团起身子
    I hunched up as small as I could.
    我尽量把身子缩成一团。
noun
  1. a feeling or guess based on intuition rather than known facts
    基于直觉的想法；预感
    she was acting on a hunch.
    她凭直觉行事。
  2. a humped position or thing
    肉峰；隆肉
    the hunch of his back.
    他背上的肉峰。
  3. (chiefly dialect)a thick piece; a hunk
    (主方)厚片，大块
    a hunch of bread.
    一大块面包。
语源
  1. late 15th cent.: of unknown origin. The original meaning was 'push, shove' (noun and verb), a sense retained now in Scots as a noun, and in US dialect as a verb. Sense 1 of the noun derives probably from a US sense of the verb 'nudge someone in order to draw attention to something'
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