lumpen
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++lum·pen /ˈlʌmpən, ˈlʊm-/ adjective 1. relating to the poorest and least educated people from the working class 〔工人阶级中的部分人〕极度贫困无知的2 large, heavy, and lumpy 笨重的 Her body felt lumpen and awkward. 她感到身体臃肿笨重。
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lumpen• These were the days when rock was being shooed out in disgrace, a lumpen confusion of scratched armpits and muddled motives.• The individuality and richness of their lives - given a glance of a chance - mocked such lumpen labels.• Both families had been transformed from what might be called a lumpen peasantry into what Marx did call the lumpen proletariat.Origin lumpen (1900-2000) lumpenproletariat “lowest part of the population” ((20-21 centuries)), from German, from lump “dirty untidy person” + proletariat “proletariat”lum·pen adjectiveChineseSyllable
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lumpen
lum‧pen /ˈlʌmpən, ˈlʊm-/
adjective
2. large, heavy, and lumpy:
Her body felt lumpen and awkward.
lum‧pen /ˈlʌmpən, ˈlʊm-/
adjective Date: 1900-2000
Origin: lumpenproletariat __lowest part of the population__ (20-21 centuries), from German, from lump __dirty untidy person__ + proletariat __proletariat__
1. relating to the poorest and least educated people from the working classOrigin: lumpenproletariat __lowest part of the population__ (20-21 centuries), from German, from lump __dirty untidy person__ + proletariat __proletariat__
2. large, heavy, and lumpy: