词汇 | humpy |
释义 | humpy adjective uk /ˈhʌm.pi/ us /ˈhʌm.pi/ having a hump or humps (= large, round raised areas or parts): The narrow track wound its way through a humpy desert landscape. The humpy piles of rock and soil look like big moguls on a smooth ski slope. At the edge of the city there was a humpy line of green mounds, perhaps with old treasures buried inside. The shrub should be pruned in stages to create a rounded, humpy hedge. Masses and large amounts of things accumulation any number of thingsidiom armload backlog blood clot flood foam inundation lion logjam many motherlode pile sight stack the lion's shareidiom wave after/upon waveidiom wedge welter wodge humpy noun[ C ] AUSTRALIAN ENGLISHuk /ˈhʌm.pi/ us /ˈhʌm.pi/ a type of temporary shelter, often built on the edge of a town: In the 1800s, the city was still a small settlement of muddy streets and wooden humpies. Their camp consisted of two neat humpies, a small horse, and a milk cow. By 1895, the number of tents, humpies, and huts on the edge of town had risen to 200. Crossing the floor of the humpy, I looked out of the doorway and saw the porch where the young people were sitting. His wife did the cooking, and kept the humpies tidy and clean. Houses & homes A-frame ADU affordable housing almshouse apartment dormitory dosshouse dower house duplex efficiency Nissen hut non-housing old people's home palace palazzo town house townhouse tract house trap house two-up two-down |
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