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tump

/tuhmp/US // tʌmp //UK // (tʌmp) //

倾倒,倾覆,闾丘露薇,捣乱

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    British Dialect.

    • : a small mound, hill, or rise of ground.
    • : a clump of grass, shrubs, or trees, especially rising from a swamp or bog.
    • : a heap or stack, as a haystack.

Examples

  • These tump lines supported rather bulky wooden boxes running the lengths of the men's backs.

  • At this moment two men swung up the river trail, bending to the broad tump lines that crossed the tops of their heads.

  • Tump-line, tump′-līn, n. a strap across the forehead or breast by means of which a burden is carried through the Canadian forests.

  • Then there was a girding up of the loins, a getting out of tump-lines and canvas packs, and the long portage was begun.

  • And we have both the tump and the church of Exmes thrown in ἐν παρέρλῳ.