a piece of something hard or solid, usually without a particular shape （通常爲無定形的）塊 Extra Examplesa heavy lump of clay 一塊沉甸甸的粘土 He put a few more lumps of coal on the fire. 他又往火上加了幾塊煤。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- great
- …
- have
- detect
- discover
- …
- form
- grow
- (informal) (also sugar lump (British English), North American English sugar cube)
a small cube of sugar, used in cups of tea or coffee 方糖 a swelling (= an area that is larger and rounder than normal) under the skin, sometimes a sign of serious illness 腫塊；隆起 He was unhurt apart from a lump on his head. 除了頭上起了個包，他沒有别的傷。 Check your breasts for lumps every month. 每月要檢查一次乳房是否有腫塊。
Extra ExamplesTopics Illnessc1He's developed a painful lump on his neck. 他脖子上長了個腫塊，很疼。 She felt a lump in her breast. 她摸到乳房有一個腫塊。 Surgeons operated to remove the lump. 外科醫生動手術摘除腫塊。 Tests confirmed the lump was cancerous. 化驗確診那個腫塊是癌變。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- big
- giant
- great
- …
- have
- detect
- discover
- …
- form
- grow
- (especially British English, informal)
a heavy, lazy or stupid person 笨重的人；懶漢；傻大個 He’s a big fat lump. 他是個傻大個兒。
Word Originnoun Middle English: perhaps from a Germanic base meaning ‘shapeless piece’; compare with Danish lump ‘lump’, Norwegian and Swedish dialect lump ‘block, log’, and Dutch lomp ‘rag’.
Idioms
have, etc. a lump in your throat
to feel pressure in the throat because you are very angry or emotional （因憤怒或情緒激動而）喉嚨哽住，哽咽
take your lumps
- (North American English, informal)
to accept bad things that happen to you without complaining 毫無怨言地忍受 We made mistakes but we took our lumps. 我們犯了錯誤，但我們承擔了責任。