tumtum

n. (弦乐器发出的)当的一声

发音

AU

词形变化

tumtums 复数

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One whose gender can not be determined by a physical examination; a person lacking external genitalia; an androgynous person; sometimes a hermaphrodite.

    Therefore, if a man died leaving a son and a tumtum or a hermaphrodyte, the son inherits everything, since the heirship of the tumtum or of the hermaphrodyte is doubtful.

  2. 1.

    A toombah, a type of small drum used in the traditional music of Antigua and Barbuda.

  3. 1.

    Alternative form of tum-tum (“tummy, stomach; abdomen”).

  4. 1.

    Alternative form of tum-tum (“kind of vehicle”).

词源

From Hebrew טומטום.

来源:wiktionary