hunch

n. 预感；大块；肉峰

vt. 耸肩；预感到；弯腰驼背

vi. 隆起；向前移动

中文词源

hunch 弓身，耸肩，驼背，预感，直觉

词源不详，可能来自hump变体。比较bump,bunch.直觉义据说是来自过去迷信，在赌博前摸一摸驼子的驼背可以带来好运。

hunch: originally (c. 1500) a verb, "to push, thrust," of unknown origin. Meaning "raise or bend into a hump" is 1670s. Perhaps a variant of bunch. The noun is attested from 1620s, originally "a push, thrust." Figurative sense of "hint, tip" (a "push" toward a solution or answer), first recorded 1849, led to that of "premonition, presentiment" (1904).

1. Assibilated variant of hunk, of uncertain origin. Possibly a variant form of hump.2. hunk, hump => hunch.3. hunk => hunch.

2. Then Mr. Kamenar, acting on a hunch, ran a computer check at the Federal Election Commission.: 然后卡姆纳尔先生凭直觉在联邦选举委员会的计算机系统中进行了查询。