hump
意味
- (背中の)こぶ,(ラクダ・野牛などの)背こぶ
- 丸い丘(mound)
- 《the ~》《英話》不きげん,かんしゃく
- 〈背〉を丸める
- 《英話》…を背にのせて運ぶ
例文
Camels have either one or two humps.
ラクダには一つか二つのこぶがある。
A camel can store a large amount of fat in the hump on its back.
ラクダは背中のこぶに大量の脂肪をためることができる。
A camel can store a large amount of water in the hump on its back.
ラクダは背中のこぶに大量の水をためることができる。
語源
英語の原文（Wiktionary）
Probably borrowed from Dutch homp (“hump, lump”) or Middle Low German hump (“heap, hill, stump”), from Old Saxon *hump (“hill, heap, thick piece”), from Proto-Germanic *humpaz (“hip, height”), from Proto-Indo-European *kumb- (“curved”). Compare Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb-, *ḱewb- (unnasalised root), and English hub (a softened variant without nasal?). Cognate with West Frisian hompe (“lump, chunk”), Icelandic huppur (“flank”), Welsh cwm (“a hollow”), Latin incumbō (“to lie down”), Albanian sumbull (“round button, bud”), Ancient Greek κύμβη (kúmbē, “bowl”), Avestan 𐬑𐬎𐬨𐬠𐬀 (xumba, “pot”), Sanskrit कुम्ब (kúmba, “thick end of bone”).