slum

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n. 贫民窟 vi. 访问贫民区

发音

US /slʌm/

词形变化

slums 复数 slummed slumming slums 三单 slums slumming 现在分词 slummed 过去式 slummed 过去分词

教材释义与例句

动词

（为猎奇或救济等）去贫民窟

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty.

    贫民窟

    棚户区

    贫民区

    可数 贬义 不可数

    I saw that most of those who were spending from eight to fifteen pounds monthly had the advantage of scholarships. I had before me examples of much simpler living. I came across a fair number of poor students living more humbly than I. One of them was staying in the slums in a room at two shillings a week and living on two pence worth of cocoa and bread per meal from Lockhart's cheap Cocoa Rooms.

  2. 2.

    Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game.

    俚语 不可数 可数
  3. 1.

    Slumgullion; a meat-based stew.

    俚语 不可数
  4. 1.

    Nonsense; humbug.

    英国 废旧 俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own.

    不及物
  2. 2.

    To saunter about in a disreputable manner.

    英国 过时 不及物 俚语

词汇关系

名词

下位词 2

shanty town skid row
动词

上位词 2

pass spend

相关短语

slum it [口语] 过贫民生活, 过贫苦生活 slum gun slum dweller 贫民窟居民 slum dwellers (slum-dweller 的复数) 贫民窟居民 slum guns slum cannon slum gully

词源

First attested in 1812. originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of unknown origin.

来源：wiktionary