hunchbacked

IPA/ˈhʌntʃbækt/
IPA/ˈhʌntʃbækt/

hunchbacked — 形容詞

  • hunchbackedpositive
  • more hunchbackedcomparative
  • most hunchbackedsuperlative

1. Having a hump, a rounded lump that sticks out on the back, or seeming to have on

1.形容詞
釋義

駝背的

背上隆起，或看起來像有隆起的

Having a hump, a rounded lump that sticks out on the back, or seeming to have one, often caused by sickness or old age.

例句

A rude boy on the bus laughed and called Chidi a hunchbacked old man.

公車上一個沒禮貌的男孩笑著叫 Chidi「駝背老人」。

before a noun: a hunchbacked old man

"I feel hunchbacked after typing at my desk all day," Eitan told his friend.

Eitan 對朋友說：「在書桌前打了一整天的字，我覺得自己駝背了。」

after a linking verb: feel hunchbacked

常見搭配
  • hunchbacked man
  • hunchbacked old woman
同義詞
  • humpbacked

    Means the same thing but is built on hump instead of hunch.

文法句型

hunchbacked + noun

be / feel / become + hunchbacked

用法筆記

Offensive when used to describe a person whose back has a hump. It comes before a noun (a hunchbacked man) or after a linking verb such as feel or become.

同根字

  • hunchback
    名詞