bum
noun[C]
uk/bʌm/us/bʌm/bumnoun[C](BODY PART)
mainlyUKinformal
thepartof thebodythat yousiton
屁股Synonym
bottom(BODY PART)
The buttocks
- arse
- ass
- back end
- backside
- booty
- bot
- bottom
- bun
- buttock
- duff
- fanny
- fundament
- gluteal
- posterior
- prat
- rear
- rump
- seat
- tail
- tush
bumnoun[C](PERSON)
USinformal
someone who has nohomeorjobandlivesbyaskingotherpeopleformoney
乞丐People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- boarder
- brain drain
- city slicker
- co-resident
- frontiersman
- Georgian
- guest worker
- habitant
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- Orcadian
- outflow
- overspill
- repeople
- troglodyte
- villager
- welcome wagon
- year-rounder
bum
adjective[before noun]
slanguk/bʌm/us/bʌm/badinqualityor notuseful:
劣质的；无用的He gave us bumdirections, but weeventuallyfoundtheplace.他给我们指错了路，但是我们最后还是找到了那个地方。
Synonym
crummyinformal
Informal words for bad
- badass
- bobbin
- crap
- crappy
- crash and burnidiom
- crook
- cruddy
- duff
- lousy
- not be up to muchidiom
- pappy
- piss-poor
- pisser
- shite
- shoddiness
- shoddy
- shonky
- such as it isidiom
- super-bad
- tacky
bum
verb[T]
slanguk/bʌm/us/bʌm/-mm-toasksomeone for something withoutintendingtopayfor it:
乞讨；讨要Could I bum acigaretteoffyou?我能向你讨根烟吗？
get something for free
- get something for freeReaders of her blog get advice for free.
- get something for nothingYou don't get anything for nothing these days.
- freeloadThen he went off to freeload some more drinks.
- bumHe bums the occasional cigarette from his older brother.
- cadgeShe's always cadging drinks from the people she is with.
- scroungeCan I scrounge a lift with you?
Making appeals & requests
- appellate
- ask forsomeone
- behest
- beseech
- call for orderphrase
- call onsomeone
- callsomeonein
- cap
- claim
- demand
- implore
- invite
- pay claim
- pretty pleaseidiom
- propitiation
- push forsomething
- put in forsomething
- put the squeeze onsomeoneidiom
- reapply
- requisition
Phrasal verbs
bum around
bum around(somewhere)
bumsomeoneout