the hind part of the body of a mammal or the lower back of a bird (哺乳动物的)臀部;(鸟的)腰部 ■(chiefly humorous)a person's buttocks (主幽默)(人的)臀部
a small or unimportant remnant of something originally larger 残余部分;剩余的不重要部分;低劣部分 once the profitable enterprises have been sold the unprofitable rump will be left. 一旦有赢利的公司卖掉,就剩下没有赢利的劣绩公司了。 ■(the Rump). short for Rump Parliament Rump Parliament 的简称
派生 rumpless adjective 语源
late Middle English: probably of Scandinavian origin; compare with Danish and Norwegian rumpe 'backside'