Word · Frequency #9048
bum
/bʌm/
noun
懒汉；不干活的人
a person who does no work
- 1.
a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
可鄙之人
- 2.
a disreputable vagrant
不体面的流浪者
- 3.
person who does no work
懒汉
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
In use
He's such a bum — he never does any work around the house.
After losing his job, he became a bum and spent his days on the couch.
I don't want to be a bum, so I'm looking for a job.
throw the bum out
he tried to help the really down-and-out bums
a lazy bum
be a bum
He is such a bum.
他真是个懒鬼。
call someone a bum
Connections
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
- Stop being such a lazy bum and help with the chores.别这么懒鬼，帮忙做点家务。
- drunken bum
Learner notes
Memory Tip
发音近似“八毛”，联想流浪汉连八毛钱都没有。
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。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All listed words end with the spelling 'um' and have the same pronunciation /ʌm/, rhyming with bum.
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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