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Bum has two very different informal uses. In British English, it simply means your (the part you sit on) — not rude, just casual. In American English, 'a bum' means a homeless person, or someone seen as lazy and useless — this one can sound harsh about a person. There's also the phrase 'bum around,' meaning to spend time doing nothing in particular.
(英式,口語)屁股;(美式,口語,較不禮貌)遊民、懶惰的人
原始詞典資料20 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
bumnoun詞源 1/bʌm/
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informalThe buttocks.
- Okay, everyone sit on your bum and try and touch your toes.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bum.
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informalThe anus.
- John said that when he was little he stuck his finger in his bum and tasted his poopies and it was good.
- What could the man possibly be hiding up his bum anyway?
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vulgarslangAn act of anal sex.
- Go for a bum
bumverb詞源 1/bʌm/
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To sodomize; to engage in anal sex.
- Your bars are fake and my bars are real; / Is it true you got bummed on a field?
bumintj詞源 1/bʌm/
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An expression of annoyance.
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- Maxine tried hers. ‘Oh bum,’ she said crossly. ‘The sugar isn’t sugar. It’s salt.’
bumnoun詞源 2/bʌm/
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derogatoryA homeless person, usually a man.
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derogatoryA lazy, incompetent, or annoying person, usually a man.
- Fred is becoming a bum—he’s not even bothering to work more than once a month.
- That mechanic’s a bum—he couldn’t fix a yo-yo.
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hobbieslifestylesportsA player or racer who often performs poorly.
- Trade him to another team, he’s a bum!
- Seabiscuit, wrote another reporter, “was a hero in California and a pretty fair sort of horse in the midwest. In the east, however, he was just a ‘bumʼ”
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A drinking spree.
bumverb詞源 2/bʌm/
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[with off or (nonstandard) off of] To ask someone to give one (something) for free; to beg for something.
- Can I bum a cigarette off you?
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To stay idle and unproductive, like a hobo or vagabond.
- I think I’ll just bum around downtown for a while until dinner.
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slangTo wet the end of a marijuana cigarette (spliff).
bumadj詞源 2/bʌm/
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slangOf poor quality or highly undesirable.
- What kind of bum note was that??
- The defensive line made a bum rush on the quarterback.
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slangUnfair.
- The union reps gave us a bum deal!
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slangInjured and without the possibility of full repair, defective.
- I can’t play football anymore on account of my bum knee.
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slangUnpleasant or unhappy.
- He had a bum trip on that mescaline.
bumverb詞源 3/bʌm/
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slangTo depress; to make unhappy.
bumnoun詞源 4/bʌm/
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datedslangA humming noise.
bumverb詞源 4/bʌm/
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slangTo make a murmuring or humming sound.
- English men bum there [Stirling] as thick as bees.
bumnoun詞源 5/bʌm/
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obsoleteslangA bumbailiff.
- About her Chariot, and behind, / Were Sergeants, Bums of every kind, / Tip-staffs, and all those Officers, / That squeeze a Living out of Tears.
資料來源:英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary(CC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。