| 释义 |
slummer|ˈslʌmə(r)|
[f. slum n.1 and v.1]
1. One who visits the slums, esp. from charitable or philanthropic motives.
1887Pall Mall G. 29 Sept. 3/2 The risk of giving a violent shock to literary slummers. 1889J. Hatton J. L. Toole i. 20 ‘Slumming’ is a modern fashion, but both Irving and Toole were always slummers. 1894Sala London up to Date 2 The writer who is ambitious to become an efficient ‘slummer’.
2. An inhabitant of the slums.
1888Pall Mall G. 18 Oct. 3 Gaffs, those penny places of amusement partronized by slummers. 1889The Voice (N.Y.) 7 Mar., Had this wanton insult..come from some shirtless slummer it would have signified little. |