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

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. I have a hunch that he didn't really want to go.

我有这么一种感觉,他并不真正想去.

来自《简明英汉词典》

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。

来自柯林斯例句

3. I had a hunch that Susan and I would work well together.

我有预感和苏珊共事会很融洽。

来自辞典例句

4. I have a hunch that it will snow soon.

我有快要下雪的预感.

来自辞典例句

5. As soon as I arrived I knew the hunch was right.

我一到就知道我们猜想得不错.

来自辞典例句