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单词 slum
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slum

noun
/slʌm/
/slʌm/
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  1. an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition
    • a slum area
    • city/urban slums
    • She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
    • slum clearance schemes
    • a plan to rehouse slum dwellers
    • a kid from the slums
    • born in the slums of East London
    Wordfinder
    • amenity
    • city
    • ghetto
    • high-rise
    • metropolitan
    • population
    • slum
    • suburb
    • town
    • urban
    Topics Social issuesb2, Buildingsb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • crowded
    • overcrowded
    • teeming
    • …
    verb + slum
    • clear
    • demolish
    • live in
    • …
    slum + noun
    • conditions
    • area
    • district
    • …
    preposition
    • from the slums
    • in a/​the slums
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    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin.

slum

verb
/slʌm/
/slʌm/
[intransitive]
(usually be slumming)
(informal)
Verb Forms
present simple I / you / we / they slum
/slʌm/
/slʌm/
he / she / it slums
/slʌmz/
/slʌmz/
past simple slummed
/slʌmd/
/slʌmd/
past participle slummed
/slʌmd/
/slʌmd/
-ing form slumming
/ˈslʌmɪŋ/
/ˈslʌmɪŋ/
Idioms
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  1. to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to
    • There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
    Word Originearly 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin.
Idioms
slum it
  1. (often humorous) to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to
    • Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
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