bum

bum1
noun
  1. (Brit. informal)a person's buttocks or anus
    (英，非正式)屁股；肛门
常用词组
bums on seats
  1. the audience at a theatre, cinema, or other entertainment, viewed as a source of income
    观众
语源
  1. late Middle English : of unknown origin
bum2
(informal)(非正式)
noun
(N. Amer.)(北美)
  1. a vagrant
    流浪汉，流浪乞丐
    ■a lazy or worthless person
    懒汉，废物
    you ungrateful bum.
    你这忘恩负义的懒鬼。
  2. [in combination]a person who devotes a great deal of time to a specified activity
    迷恋某项活动者
    a ski bum.
    滑雪迷。
    a dance bum.
    舞迷。
(bummed, bumming)
  1. [no obj.](一般作 bum around)(chiefly N. Amer.)travel, with a particular purpose or destination
    (主 北美)（有目的或有目的地的）旅游
    he bummed around Florida for a few months.
    他在佛罗里达一带游玩了几个月。
    ■pass one's time idly
    闲荡，虚度光阴
    students bumming around at university.
    在大学里混日子的学生。
  2. [with obj.]get by asking or begging
    乞讨
    they tried to bum quarters off us.
    他们向我们讨二角五分的硬币。
  3. [with obj.](一般作 be bummed out)(N. Amer.)make (someone) feel upset or disappointed
    (北美)使心烦；使失望
adjective
  1. [attrib.]of poor quality; bad or wrong
    劣质的，差的，错误的
    not one bum note was played.
    一个音符都没弹错。
常用词组
give someone (或 get) the bum's rush
  1. (chiefly N. Amer.)forcibly eject someone (or be forcibly ejected) from a place or gathering
    (主 北美)（被）驱逐
    ■abruptly dismiss someone (or be abruptly dismissed) for a poor idea or performance
    （因想法或表现差而）解雇某人
on the bum
  1. (N. Amer.)travelling rough and with no fixed home; vagrant
    (北美)流浪闲逛
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: probably from bummer
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