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Rum is a strong alcoholic drink made from sugar cane. In older or British English, 'rum' can also be used as an adjective meaning strange or odd — 'a rum business' means a strange situation — though this use is old-fashioned now.
蘭姆酒；(舊式英式用法)奇怪的
原始詞典資料16 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。
Rumname詞源 2
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historicalAn eyalet in the Ottoman Empire.
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historicalA former polity in Anatolia, a Seljuk sultanate.
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archaicSynonym of Anatolia and the Byzantine Empire in historical Turkish contexts.
rumnoun詞源 1/ɹʌm/
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A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- ... I went aboard the Fellowship of 100 and 70 Tuns a Flemish bottom, the Master George Luxon of Bittiford in Devonshire, several of my friends came to bid me farewell, among the rest Captain Thomas Wannerton who drank to me a pint of kill-devil alias Rhum at a draught ...
- That the former orders concerning rum, sugar, and hammocks be still in force, viz., one half to be forfeited to the King, and one half to the informer.
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A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- Jake tossed down three rums.
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A spirit distilled from various preparations of sugarcane, particularly fermented cane sugar and molasses.
- Bundaberg is one of my favourite rums.
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A similar spirit distilled from similar preparations of sugarbeets, sorghum, etc.
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obsoleteslangA strange person or thing.
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obsoleteslangA country parson.
- No company comes / But a rabble of tenants, and rusty dull rums.
rumadj詞源 2/ɹʌm/
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obsoleteFine, excellent, valuable.
- having a rum time
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datedinformalStrange, peculiar.
- a rum idea; a rum fellow
- "Lor, Noah!" said Charlotte, "What a rum creature you are! Why don't you let the boy alone?"
rumnoun詞源 2/ɹʌm/
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datedAny odd person or thing.
rumnoun詞源 3/ɹʌm/
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rareThe card game rummy.
這個拼法也被記錄為下列字的變化形：
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。