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- bum [bʌm] [bʌm]
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1.
noun
[slang]
流浪汉，漂泊者，游民；乞丐；废物
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2.
noun
[American English]
[verbal]
得过且过的人，游手好闲者，懒汉
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3.
noun
[American English]
[verbal]
花太多时间致力于运动（如高尔夫球、滑雪运动）以致破坏家庭生活和个人前途者
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4.
noun
[American English]
[verbal]
不够格的人（尤指运动员）
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5.
vi.
[verbal]
流浪，游荡，漂泊
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6.
vi.
[verbal]
靠乞讨过活，依赖他人生活
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7.
vt.
[slang]
乞讨，讨到，乞得
- to bum a cigarette
- 讨到一支烟
- 8. adjective [slang] 不好的；有缺陷的；质量低劣的，质量差的，粗劣的
- 9. adjective [slang] 假的，错误的；（法律上）无效的
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10.
adjective
[slang]
残废的，有病的
- a bum leg
- 一条跛腿
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11.
vt.
[slang]
（向某人）乞求或借某物
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1.
noun
[slang]
流浪汉，漂泊者，游民；乞丐；废物
Collins English-English Dictionary
- bum [b^m]
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1.
n
[Brit]
[slang]
the buttocks or anus
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2.
n
[Etymology]
C14: of uncertain origin
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1.
n
[Brit]
[slang]
the buttocks or anus
- bum [b^m]
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1.
n
[informal]
a disreputable loafer or idler
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2.
n
a tramp; hobo
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3.
n
an irresponsible, unpleasant, or mean person
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4.
n
a person who spends a great deal of time on a specified sport
- baseball bum
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5.
vt.
[tr]
to get by begging; cadge
- to bum a lift
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6.
vi.
[intr
; often foll by around] to live by begging or as a vagrant or loafer -
7.
vi.
[intr
; usually foll by around] to spend time to no good purpose; loaf; idle -
8.
adj
[prenominal]
of poor quality; useless
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9.
adj
wrong or inappropriate
- a bum note
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10.
adj
[Etymology]
C19: probably shortened from earlier bummer a loafer, probably from German bummeln to loaf
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1.
n
[informal]
a disreputable loafer or idler
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