"hind-quarters, buttocks of an animal," mid-15c., from a Scandinavian source (compare Danish, Norwegian rumpe, Swedish rumpa), from or corresponding to Middle Dutch romp, German Rumpf "trunk, torso." Sense of "small remnant" derives from "tail" and is first recorded 1640s in reference to the English Rump Parliament (December 1648-April 1653). As an adjective from c. 1600.
雙語例句
1. The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets.
事實上，這個黨派的殘余分子確實仍然擁有可觀的資產(chǎn)。
來自柯林斯例句
2. He sent the horse forward with a slap on its rump.
他拍了一下馬尾,馬便向前跑去.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. He finds himself heading a rump party largely out of tune with his own views.
他發(fā)現(xiàn)自己領(lǐng)導的這個殘存的黨派和自己的觀點大多不符。
來自柯林斯例句
4. Scarlett laid the whip across the weary rump of the horse.