tuó
fēng

common
noun
technical

Meaning of 驼峰

驼峰 means the hump on a camel's back that stores fat; a railway hump; a mound used for sorting train cars by gravity. Pronounced tuó fēng.

  • the hump on a camel's back that stores fat
  • a railway hump; a mound used for sorting train cars by gravity

Definitions & Examples

Luò
tuo
de
tuó
fēng
chǔ
cún
zhe
liàng
zhī
fáng
 
bāng
zhù
men
zài
shā
zhōng
cháng
shí
jiān
shēng
cún
 

The camel's hump stores a large amount of fat that helps them survive for long periods in the desert.

Dān
fēng
tuó
zhǐ
yǒu
tuó
fēng
 
ér
shuāng
fēng
tuó
yǒu
liǎng
 

Dromedaries have only one hump, while Bactrian camels have two.

Dāng
luò
tuo
cháng
shí
jiān
jìn
shí
shí
 
shēn
huì
xiāo
hào
tuó
fēng
de
zhī
fáng
 

When a camel doesn't eat for a long time, its body will consume the fat in its hump.

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