chum

chum1
(informal, dated)(非正式,旧)
noun
  1. a close friend
    密友,好友
  2. 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)
  1. [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。
派生
chummily
adverb
chumminess
noun
chummy
( )
adjective
语源
  1. 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
  1. [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
  1. [no obj.]fish using chum as bait
    以鱼饵捕鱼
语源
  1. mid 19th cent.: of unknown origin

chum3
(亦作 chum salmon)
(复 同单,或 chums)
  1. a large North Pacific salmon that is commercially important as a food fish
    大麻哈鱼
  2. Oncorhynchus keta, family Salmonidae
    拉丁名Oncorhyncus keta,鲑科
语源
  1. early 20th cent.: from Chinook Jargon tzum (samun), literally 'spotted (salmon')
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