hunch
verb [intransitive, transitive]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 ExamplesTopics Appearancec2He hunched over the map. 他弓着背看地图。 He hunched up his shoulders. 他耸起肩膀。 She hunched forward to see the picture. 她弓着背去看那幅画。 She sat hunched on the bed all day. 她整天弓着背坐在床上。
Oxford Collocations DictionaryHunch is used with these nouns as the object:- back
- shoulder
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’.- (+ adv./prep.)