a form of address between men or boys expressing familiarity or friendliness 朋友(用于男人或男孩间表示友好熟识的称呼) it's your own fault, chum. 朋友,这是你自己的错。
(chummed, chumming)
[no obj.]be friendly to or form a friendship with someone 向…示好;与…成为好友 his sister chummed up with Sally. 他姐姐和萨莉交上了朋友。 ■[with obj.](Scottish)accompany (someone) somewhere (苏格兰)陪同(某人)去(某处) I'll chum you down the road. 我陪你走一段。
late 17th cent. (originally Oxford University slang, denoting a room-mate): probably short for chamber-fellow. Compare with comrade and crony
chum2 (chiefly N. Amer.)(主 北美) noun
[mass noun]chopped fish, fish fluids, and other material thrown overboard as angling bait (鱼块、鱼汁等作的)鱼饵 ■refuse from fish, especially that remaining after expressing oil (尤指榨油后剩的)鱼渣
verb
[no obj.]fish using chum as bait 以鱼饵捕鱼
语源
mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin
chum3 (亦作 chum salmon) (复 同单,或 chums)
a large North Pacific salmon that is commercially important as a food fish 大麻哈鱼
Oncorhynchus keta, family Salmonidae 拉丁名Oncorhyncus keta,鲑科
语源
early 20th cent.: from Chinook Jargon tzum (samun), literally 'spotted (salmon')