bum
英 [bʌm]
美[bʌm]
- n. 流浪汉；屁股；狂欢作乐；能力差的人；嗡嗡声；执达员（等于bumbailiff）
- vi. 流浪；靠乞讨过活；发嗡嗡声
- vt. 乞讨；闲荡
- adj. 无价值的；劣质的；很不愉快的
词态变化
复数: bums;第三人称单数: bums;过去式: bummed;过去分词: bummed;现在分词: bumming;
助记提示
bum：帮。这种人都是拉帮结伙的游荡——游手好闲的人；流浪汉。
【记法】分解为：bu（布）＋m（蒙），用布蒙起来
【联想】屁股当然要用布蒙起来，否则就是流氓
【记法】分解为：bu（布）＋m（蒙），用布蒙起来
【联想】屁股当然要用布蒙起来，否则就是流氓
中文词源
bum 屁股，闲荡
拟声词，屁股落地的声音。后词义进一步贬化，指闲荡，二流子等。
英英释意
- 1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
- "only a rotter would do that"
- "kill the rat"
- "throw the bum out"
- "you cowardly little pukes!"
- "the British call a contemptible person a `git'"
- 2. a disreputable vagrant;
- "a homeless tramp"
- "he tried to help the really down-and-out bums"
- 3. person who does no work;
- "a lazy bum"
- 4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
- "he deserves a good kick in the butt"
- "are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing?"
英文词源
- bum
- bum: There are two distinct words bum in English. By far the older, ‘buttocks’, is first recorded in John de Trevisa’s translation of Ranulph Higden’s Polychronicon 1387: ‘It seemeth that his bum is out that hath that evil [piles]’. It is not clear where it comes from. The other, ‘tramp, loafer’, and its associated verb ‘spend time aimlessly’ [19], chiefly American, probably come from an earlier bummer, derived from the German verb bummeln ‘loaf around, saunter’ (familiar to English speakers from the title of Jerome K Jerome’s novel Three Men on the Bummel 1900, about a jaunt around Germany).
- bum (n.1)
- "buttocks," late 14c., "probably onomatopœic, to be compared with other words of similar sound and with the general sense of 'protuberance, swelling.' " [OED]
- bum (n.2)
- "dissolute loafer, tramp," 1864, American English, from bummer "loafer, idle person" (1855), probably from German slang bummler "loafer," from bummeln "go slowly, waste time." Bum first appears in a German-American context, and bummer was popular in the slang of the North's army in the American Civil War (as many as 216,000 German immigrants in the ranks). Bum's rush "forcible ejection" first recorded 1910.
- bum (adj.)
- "of poor quality," 1859, American English, from bum (n.). Bum steer in figurative sense of "bad advice" attested from 1901.
- bum (v.)
- 1863, "to loaf and beg," American English, a word from the Civil War, perhaps a back-formation from bummer "loafer," or from bum (n.). Meaning "to feel depressed" is from 1973, perhaps from bummer in the "bad experience" sense. Related: Bummed; bumming.
词组搭配
bums on seats
the audience at a theatre, cinema, or other entertainment, viewed as a source of income
观众
give someone (或 get) the bum's rush
(chiefly N. Amer.)forcibly eject someone (or be forcibly ejected) from a place or gathering
(主 北美)（被）驱逐
on the bum
Living as a vagrant or a tramp.
象流浪者似的生活
Out of order; broken.
出毛病；坏掉
实用场景例句
- a beach bum (= sb who spends all their time on the beach, without having a job)
- 海滨流浪汉
牛津词典
- He's nothing but a no-good bum!
- 他不过是个没用的懒汉。
牛津词典
- They're not bothered about attracting the right audience─they just want bums on seats.
- 他们不在乎观众是什么样的人——只求卖座。
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- He was soon given the bum's rush from the club.
- 他很快从俱乐部里被撵了出来。
牛津词典
- Can I bum a cigarette off you?
- 给我一根烟好吗？
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- He bummed around the world for a year.
- 他在世界各地漫游了一年。
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- He didn't play one bum note.
- 他一个音也没奏错。
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- a bum deal (= a situation where you do not get what you deserve or have paid for)
- 不合算的交易
牛津词典
- You're all a bunch of bums.
- 你们都是一群废物。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He knows you're getting a bum deal.
- 他知道你在做一笔烂生意。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Mind if I bum a cigarette?
- 能给我一支烟吗？
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot...
- 我想他们目前只是在四处闲逛，没做多少事。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
- 她动身和一个男友去周游世界了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.
- 他是少数几个知道招揽观众的演员之一。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- John lost his job and went on the bum.
- 约翰失业后过着流浪生活.
《简明英汉词典》
- He tried to bum a ride.
- 他试图求别人让他搭顺风车.
《简明英汉词典》
- The bum promptly bummed two dimes off an old lady.
- 他随即向一位老妇人讨了两个十美分的硬币.
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- I could bum in hell for the lies I told about you.
- 我告诉你的那些谎言,可以使我在地狱烧死.
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- I wish I could run the marathon, but I have a bum knee.
- 我希望我能够跑马拉松, 可是我的膝盖不怎么好.
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- The bum then asked me if he could buy me a cup of coffee.
- 流浪者又问道,他是否可以请我喝杯咖啡.
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- You got a blower I can bum?
- 我能向你讨支烟抽 吗 ?
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- Serena : So now you're just bum around?
- 那么现在你就打算只是游手好闲地过日子?
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- Upon reaching downtown E 1 Paso, I met an old man a bum, on the street corner.
- 在到达这个名叫E1Paso的小镇后, 我在街角遇到一个年迈的流浪者.
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- It was amazing, he turned around, sat on his bum and sort of looked at me.
- 真令人惊异, 它转过身, 坐了下来,然后像是在看着我.
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- Can I bum a cigarette off you ?
- 可以向您要支烟 吗 ?
《简明英汉词典》
- A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.
- 在火车上有人捏她屁股,她打了那人.
《简明英汉词典》
- Why don't you stop behaving like a bum and get this place cleaned up?
- 你不要再像一个懒鬼的样子,赶紧把这地方收拾一下好 吗 ?
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