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bumper

noun
🔊/ˈbʌmpə(r)/
🔊/ˈbʌmpər/
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  1. a bar fixed to the front and back of a car, etc. to reduce the effect if it hits anything（汽车头尾的）保险杠
    • a bumper sticker (= a sign that people stick on the bumper of their cars with a message on it)贴在保险杠上的小标语
    • The cars were bumper to bumper on the road to the coast (= so close that their bumpers were nearly touching).车辆一辆紧接一辆把通往海岸的马路挤得水泄不通。🔊🔊
    • The cars crawled along bumper to bumper.汽车一辆辆首尾相接缓慢行驶。
    Topics Transport by car or lorryc2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • front
    • back
    • rear
    • …
    bumper + noun
    • car
    phrases
    • bumper to bumper
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bumper

adjective
🔊/ˈbʌmpə(r)/
🔊/ˈbʌmpər/
[only before noun] (approving)
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  1. unusually large; producing an unusually large amount异常大的；丰盛的
    • a bumper issue (= of a magazine, etc.)（期刊的）特大号
    • a bumper crop/harvest/season/year丰收；丰收季节；丰收年
    • Farmers have been celebrating bumper crops this year.农民已在庆祝今年的大丰收。