| 单词 | bum |
| 释义 | bum (once / 2608 pages) 1nvadj 2n Your bum is your bottom, your rear-end, your behind. It can also be a vagrant or hobo, as well as a verb for lazing (bumming) around. Bum is a name given to a beggar or homeless person: someone who tries to bum change from you. You don't have to be a bum to hum a cigarette from someone. Also, bum is a general insult, as in "The Yankees are bums!" A false accusation is a bum rap. If you remember that your bum is your butt — where you sit when you're being lazy — then the different meanings should fit together well. WORD FAMILYbum: bumly, bummed, bumming, bums USAGE EXAMPLESInstead, one of Seattle’s longest-serving captains of its MLS era was a last-minute scratch from last Sunday’s match in Commerce City with a bum ankle. Seattle Times(Dec 01, 2016) Bum leg or not, there seemed no way Woods could be stopped on the golf course. Washington Times(Dec 01, 2016) I don’t want to bum you out or anything, but — Here it comes. New York Times(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1n a disreputable vagrant he tried to help the really down-and-out bums Syn|Hypo|Hyper hobo, tramp dosser, street person someone who sleeps in any convenient place drifter, floater, vagabond, vagrant a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support 2n person who does no work a lazy bum Syn|Hypo|Hyper do-nothing, idler, layabout, loafer clock watcher a worker preoccupied with the arrival of quitting time couch potatoan idler who spends much time on a couch (usually watching television) dallier, dilly-dallier, dillydallier, lounger, mopesomeone who wastes time dawdler, drone, laggard, lagger, poke, trailersomeone who takes more time than necessary; someone who lags behind daydreamer, woolgatherersomeone who indulges in idle or absentminded daydreaming goldbrick, good-for-naught, good-for-nothing, goof-off, ne'er-do-well, no-accountan idle worthless person lazybonesa lazy person lie-abed, slugabeda person who stays in bed until a relatively late hour loona worthless lazy fellow shirker, slackera person who shirks his work or duty (especially one who tries to evade military service in wartime) slug, sluggardan idle slothful person spiva person without employment who makes money by various dubious schemes; goes about smartly dressed and having a good time sunbathersomeone who basks in the sunshine in order to get a suntan triflerone who behaves lightly or not seriously whittlersomeone who whittles (usually as an idle pastime) lotus-eater, stargazersomeone indifferent to the busy world dreamer, escapist, wishful thinkera person who escapes into a world of fantasy goldbricka soldier who performs his duties without proper care or effort lingerer, loiterersomeone who lingers aimlessly in or about a place malingerer, shammer, skulkersomeone shirking their duty by feigning illness or incapacity plodder, slowcoach, slowpoke, stick-in-the-mudsomeone who moves slowly potterer, putterera person who putters about scrimshankera shirker straggler, strayersomeone who strays or falls behind nonworker a person who does nothing 3n a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible throw the bum out Syn|Hyper crumb, dirty dog, git, lowlife, puke, rat, rotter, skunk, so-and-so, stinker, stinkpot disagreeable person, unpleasant person a person who is not pleasant or agreeable 4v be lazy or idle Her son is just bumming around all day Syn|Hyper bum about, bum around, frig around, loaf, loll, loll around, lounge about, lounge around, waste one's time idle, laze, slug, stagnate be idle; exist in a changeless situation 5v ask for and get free; be a parasite Syn|Hypo|Hyper cadge, grub, mooch, sponge freeload live off somebody's generosity obtain come into possession of 6adj of very poor quality; flimsy 2Syn cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny inferior of low or inferior quality n the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on Syn|Hyper ass, backside, behind, bottom, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, nates, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush body part any part of an organism such as an organ or extremity |
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