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.
雙語例句
1. The teacher who took us for economics was Miss Humphrey.
教我們經濟學的是漢弗萊小姐。
來自柯林斯例句
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道.
來自辭典例句
3. J . Eric Humphrey listened to the argument with apparent indifference.
約·埃里克·漢弗萊顯然漫不經心地聽著這場爭吵.
來自辭典例句
4. Earlier today, J ? Eric Humphrey was summoned as the applicant's first witness.
今天早些時候, 約?埃里克? 漢弗萊被傳來做申請者的第一個證人.
來自辭典例句
5. Minutes later Humphrey strode into Nim's office and tossed the paper down.