"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.
双语例句
1. The rump of the party does in fact still have considerable assets.
事实上，这个党派的残余分子确实仍然拥有可观的资产。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He sent the horse forward with a slap on its rump.
他拍了一下马尾,马便向前跑去.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. He finds himself heading a rump party largely out of tune with his own views.
他发现自己领导的这个残存的党派和自己的观点大多不符。
来自柯林斯例句
4. Scarlett laid the whip across the weary rump of the horse.
