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hunch

verb
🔊/hʌntʃ/
🔊/hʌntʃ/
[intransitive, transitive]
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they hunch
🔊/hʌntʃ/
🔊/hʌntʃ/
he / she / it hunches
🔊/ˈhʌntʃɪz/
🔊/ˈhʌntʃɪz/
past simple hunched
🔊/hʌntʃt/
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past participle hunched
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-ing form hunching
🔊/ˈhʌntʃɪŋ/
🔊/ˈhʌntʃɪŋ/
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  1. to bend the top part of your body forward and raise your shoulders and back弓身；弓背；耸肩
    • (+ adv./prep.) She leaned forward, hunching over the desk.她身体前倾，伏在写字台上。🔊🔊
    • hunch something He hunched his shoulders and thrust his hands deep into his pockets.他耸着肩，双手深深地插进衣袋。🔊🔊
    Extra Examples
    • He hunched over the map.他弯腰看地图。
    • He hunched up his shoulders.他起肩膀。
    • She hunched forward to see the picture.她弯腰去看图片。
    • She sat hunched on the bed all day.她整天弯腰坐在床上。
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    Oxford Collocations DictionaryHunch is used with these nouns as the object:
    • back
    • shoulder
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    Word Originlate 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. This sense of the noun probably derives from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’.

hunch

noun
🔊/hʌntʃ/
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  1. a feeling that something is true even though you do not have any evidence to prove it预感；直觉
    • It seemed that the doctor's hunch had been right.看起来医生的直觉是对的。🔊🔊
    • My hunch is that the burglars are still in the area.我有一种直觉，那些入室窃贼还在此地没走。
    • I had a hunch (that) you’d be back.我有预感你会回来。
    • to follow/back your hunches凭直觉做事
    Extra Examples
    • He decided to back his hunches with serious money.他决定凭直觉下大笔赌注。
    • Her hunches were confirmed the next day.第二天她的直觉被证实了。
    • I called on a hunch to ask if he had any work for me.我凭直觉打电话问他有没有工作给我做。
    • I decided to follow my hunch and come and see you.我决定听从自己的直觉，来这里见你。
    • I had a hunch that she was not telling the truth.凭直觉我觉得她没说真话。
    • They now have a database of information to back their hunches about customers' preferences.现在有一个信息库来帮助他们证实他们直觉认为的顾客喜好。
    • I didn't know for certain—I was just going on a hunch.我也拿不准，我只是凭直觉行事。
    • hunch (that) I had a hunch that you might be here.我预感你可能会在这里。
    • The detective's hunch had been right.侦探的直觉是对的。
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • strong
    verb + hunch
    • have
    • act on
    • follow
    • …
    preposition
    • on a hunch
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    Word Originlate 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. This sense of the noun probably derives from a US sense of the verb ‘nudge someone in order to draw attention to something’.