masc. proper name, from Old English Hunfrie, probably from Proto-Germanic *hun "strength" + Old English frie "peace." To dine with Duke Humphrey (17c.) meant to go without a meal, though the reason for the expression now is obscure.
雙語(yǔ)例句
1. The teacher who took us for economics was Miss Humphrey.
教我們經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)的是漢弗萊小姐。
來(lái)自柯林斯例句
2. Humphrey paced the rug behind his desk and demanded rhetorically.
漢弗萊在他辦公桌后面的地毯上,一邊踱著步子一邊慷慨激昂地問(wèn)道.
來(lái)自辭典例句
3. J . Eric Humphrey listened to the argument with apparent indifference.
約·埃里克·漢弗萊顯然漫不經(jīng)心地聽(tīng)著這場(chǎng)爭(zhēng)吵.
來(lái)自辭典例句
4. Earlier today, J ? Eric Humphrey was summoned as the applicant's first witness.