這個拼法是2個不同的字· 2 words spelled “chum”
- 1chum · friend好朋友You can picture a chum as someone you shared a small space with — a room, a desk, a boat — for long enough…
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chum · friend
noun, verbYou can picture a chum as someone you shared a small space with — a room, a desk, a boat — for long enough that being together mattered more than choosing each other. That is why the word sounds easy rather than deep, and why it also once meant the person you shared a room with.
From the word’s history
One account of the word derives it from chambermate, shortened to cham and then chum; another connects it to comrade. Both routes are uncertain, and both point at the same picture: people sharing one space.
一種說法是 chum 來自 chambermate（同房的人），先縮成 cham 再變 chum；另一種說法把它連到 comrade。資料明說來源不確定，但兩條線都指向同一個畫面：共用一個空間的人。
Wiktionary, "chum" (etymology 1)
chum · chopped fish bait
noun, verbPicture a bucket of chopped fish going over the side of a boat. The oil and blood spread out into a long invisible trail, and fish follow the smell in from far away. Everything in this branch is about that trail: the stuff you pour, and the pouring.
From the word’s history
The sources treat this as a different word that happens to share the spelling. It is recorded as originally American English from the 1850s, perhaps from Powhatan.
資料把這個 chum 列為另一條完全不同的來源，只是拼法剛好一樣。它大約 1850 年代起於美式英語，可能來自 Powhatan 語。
Wiktionary, "chum" (etymology 2)