Word · Frequency #9048
bum
/bʌm/
noun
懒汉；不干活的人
核心释义
a person who does no work
- 1.
可鄙之人
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
- 2.
不体面的流浪者
a disreputable vagrant
- 3.
懒汉
person who does no work
流浪汉；无业游民；可鄙的人；令人厌恶的人；可鄙之人；不体面的流浪者；懒汉
用法In use
He's such a bum — he never does any work around the house.
用法提示：bum 是名词，意为“懒汉”，在句中作表语，与 such 搭配表示贬义。
After losing his job, he became a bum and spent his days on the couch.
用法提示：bum 是名词，作 became 的表语，指“懒散的人”。
I don't want to be a bum, so I'm looking for a job.
用法提示：bum 是名词，在动词不定式 to be 后作表语，表示“懒汉”。
throw the bum out
he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
a lazy bum
be a bum
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- beach bum
- 海滩流浪者/海滩懒汉
- He quit his job to become a beach bum in Hawaii.他辞去工作，成为夏威夷的海滩流浪者。
- ski bum
- 滑雪爱好者/滑雪迷
- She's a ski bum who spends every winter in the Alps.她是个滑雪迷，每个冬天都在阿尔卑斯山度过。
- bum steer
- 错误指引/误导
- The directions he gave us were a bum steer; we got lost.他给我们的方向是错误指引；我们迷路了。
- bum rap
- 不公正的指控/冤枉
- He got a bum rap for a crime he didn't commit.他因未犯的罪行受到不公正的指控。
- lazy bum
- 懒鬼
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
发音近似“八毛”，联想流浪汉连八毛钱都没有。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：日常对话、俚语 该词作为名词通常用于非正式场合，带有贬义，多形容懒惰或可鄙之人。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the spelling 'um' and have the same pronunciation /ʌm/, rhyming with bum.
用法优先级Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 1，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
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