Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense hunches, present participle hunching, past tense, past participle hunched
1N-COUNT 直觉;预感;第六感 If you have a hunch about something, you are sure that it is correct or true, even though you do not have any proof. 直觉;预感;第六感 [informal]
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。
Then Mr. Kamenar, acting on a hunch, ran a computer check at the Federal Election Commission.
2VERB (常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦而)耸肩弓身,蜷起身子 If you hunch forward, you raise your shoulders, put your head down, and lean forwards, often because you are cold, ill, or unhappy. (常指因寒冷、生病或愁苦而)耸肩弓身,蜷起身子
He got out his map of Yorkshire and hunched over it to read the small print. [VERB adv./prep.]
ADJECTIVE | VERB + HUNCH | PREPOSITIONADJECTIVE➤strong (especially NAmE) 強烈的直覺VERB + HUNCH➤have有種直覺◇I had a hunch that she was not telling the truth.憑直覺我覺得她沒說真話。➤act on, follow, play憑直覺行事;依照直覺◇Acting on a hunch, I waited outside her house to see if she went out.我憑着一種直覺在她家外面等着,看她是否出門。◇I decided to follow my hunch and come and see you.我決定聽從自己的直覺,來這裏見你。➤confirm證實直覺◇Her hunches were confirmed the next day.第二天她的直覺被證實了。➤back (especially BrE) 支持直覺◇He decided to back his hunches with serious money.他決定憑直覺下大筆賭注。PREPOSITION➤on a hunch憑直覺◇I called on a hunch to ask if he had any work for me.我憑直覺打電話問他有沒有工作給我做。