/bʌmp ||; bʌmp/verb1 [I] bump against/into sb/sth to hit sb/sth by accident when you are moving 跟某人或某物撞个正着: She bumped into a lamp post because she wasn't looking where she was going. 她走路的时候心不在焉，结果撞到灯柱上。
2 [T] bump sth (against/on sth) to hit sth against or on sth by accident （偶然）使某物撞在另一物上: I bumped my knee on the edge of the table. 我的膝盖撞到桌子边上。
3 [I] to move along over a rough surface 沿着不平的路面颠簸移动: The car bumped along the track to the farm. 汽车沿着通向农场的小径颠簸行驶。
bump into sb to meet sb by chance 碰见:
I bumped into an old friend on the bus today. 我今天在公共汽车上碰到一个老朋友。 bump sb off(
slang 俚语) to murder sb 杀害；干掉
bump sth up(
informal 非正式) to increase or make sth go up 增加；提升:
All this publicity will bump up sales of our new product. 所有这些宣传会使我们新产品的销售量大幅度上升。