大学英语词汇短语释义解析及例句 bum


释义：

bum n. <英，非正式>屁股；<美，非正式>流浪汉，流浪乞丐；<非正式>迷恋某项活动者；<非正式>懒汉，游手好闲者
v. <英，非正式>讨，乞讨；<非正式>（漫无目的地）闲荡，漫游（bum around）；<非正式>（使）难过，使失望
adj. <非正式>蹩脚的，毫无用处的；<非正式>不合法的，无效的；<美，非正式>受伤的，受损的
[ 复数 bums 第三人称单数 bums 现在分词 bumming 过去式 bummed 过去分词 bummed ]

例句：



'Bum' is not a word we use in polite company.

“屁股”可不是我们当着文雅人的面说的字眼。



This bum is an unemployed man in the slum.

这个流浪汉是贫民区的一个失业者。



That was our relationship: I was just a bum to her.

那就是我们的关系：我对她来说只是一个屁股。



"Tell the bus driver there's a bum in the restroom," he said.

“告诉司机厕所里有个流浪汉。”他说。



Sitting around the house like a bum, doing nothing for a day.

像一个流浪汉一样坐在房子周围，一天什么都不做。



My experiences in unpleasant places have shown me that there are worse things than saying "bum".

我在不愉快的环境里的阅历让我明白，比起说“屁股”来，还有更糟糕的东西。



If I decide to be an artist or scholar, a bum or a farmer, will I be happier or more unfortunate?

如果我决定成为一名艺术家或学者、一个流浪汉或一个农夫，我会更幸福还是更不幸？



He's nothing but a no-good bum!

他不过是个没用的懒汉。



Can I bum a cigarette off you?

给我一根烟好吗？



He didn't play one bum note.

他一个音也没奏错。



Mind if I bum a cigarette?

讨根烟抽，不介意吧？



He knows you're getting a bum deal.

他知道你遇上了糟糕的买卖。



She's gotten kind of a bum rap, you know. She's not at all the person she's perceived to be.

她受到了些冤枉，你知道的。她完全不像人们所想的那样。



To bum, wildfires require the right conditions, fuel, oxygen and heat.

为了燃烧，野火需要合适的条件，燃料，氧气和热量。



The whole city was illuminated in the evening, and the cannons went off with a bum!

傍晚的时候，整个城市都被照亮了，礼炮轰轰地响了起来。



According to some reports, Danish people bum more candles every year than people from any other European country.

根据一些报道，丹麦人每年燃烧的蜡烛比其他欧洲国家的人多。