bumper

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bump·er1 /ˈbʌmpə $ -ər/ noun [countable]  1. British EnglishTTC a bar fixed on the front and back of a car to protect it if it hits anything 〔汽车车身前后的〕保险杠 SYN American English fender →4  See picture on 见图 Page A2 Car 汽车 →5 see picture at 见图 car2. bumper-to-bumper TTCbumper-to-bumper traffic is very close together and moving slowly 〔车辆〕一辆紧跟一辆

Examples from the Corpus

bumper• A battered and burned work basket projects low down in front like a bumper.• Insiders say the front air intake, rounded but not necessarily elliptical, will be below the impact-absorbing front bumper.• Not to mention an artificial grass lawn on the hood and a white picket fence on the front bumper.• Our driver rolled up his window and backed away, lightly tapping the front bumper of the car behind.• Both rackets have a synthetic protective bumper guard and both come in two colourways.• He also threatened to drag him down the street handcuffed to the bumper of his car.bumper2 adjective [only before noun]  BIGunusually large 特大的；丰盛的bumper crop/harvest 大丰收 We hope readers will enjoy this bumper issue of ‘Homes and Gardens’. 我们希望读者会喜欢这一期特大号的《家园》。

Examples from the Corpus

bumper• This year, however, it looks like a bumper crop.• Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.• Falcon Holidays is predicting a bumper January and has already sold almost 40 % of its summer programme for 2001.bumper crop/harvest• Jacques was speaking enthusiastically about the crop of grapes which the vines had produced, and was prophesying a bumper harvest.• Picture your garden bed of cucumbers, a very large patch of them, a bumper crop.• This year, however, it looks like a bumper crop.• The only thing I see them reaping is a bumper crop of boredom.• He also contends that Democrats have not produced a bumper crop of congressional candidates this year.• Potatoes INSTEAD of destroying their bumper crop of potatoes, farmers should give them to the needy.• Apple trees were straining beneath the weight of a bumper crop of what looked like Cox's orange pippins.• Without a bumper harvest, refinancing will saddle many farmers with more debt that they can handle.

bump·er1 nounbumper2 adjectiveChineseSyllable  

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bumper

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bump‧er¹ /ˈbʌmpə $ -ər/ noun [countable]
1. British English a bar fixed on the front and back of a car to protect it if it hits anything
   SYN  fender American English
2. bumper-to-bumper bumper-to-bumper traffic is very close together and moving slowly

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bumper² adjective [only before noun]
unusually large
    bumper crop/harvest
    We hope readers will enjoy this bumper issue of ‘Homes and Gardens’.