bums

英 [bʌmz]

美 [bʌmz]

n.  屁股; 流浪乞丐; 无业游民; 懒汉; 游手好闲者
v.  提出要; 乞讨; 使不安; 使灰心
bum的第三人称单数和复数

柯林斯词典

• 屁股；臀部
  Someone'sbumis the part of their body which they sit on.
• 乞丐；无业游民
  Abumis a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money.
• N-COUNT 无赖；废物；瘪三
  If someone refers to another person as abum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible.
  1. You're all a bunch of bums.
     你们都是一群废物。
• ADJ 糟糕的；令人不快的
  Some people usebumto describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying.
  1. He knows you're getting a bum deal.
     他知道你在做一笔烂生意。
• VERB 讨要；提出要
  If youbumsomething off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you.
  1. Mind if I bum a cigarette?
     能给我一支烟吗？
• VERB 闲逛；游荡
  If youbum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
  1. I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot...
     我想他们目前只是在四处闲逛，没做多少事。
  2. She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
     她动身和一个男友去周游世界了。
• See also:beach bum
• PHRASE 招揽观众
  If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to putbums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
  1. He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.
     他是少数几个知道招揽观众的演员之一。

双语例句

• Why should we* Play taxi for bums?
  我们为什么要负担游民的车费？
• He bums around at home all day watching tv.
  他整天在家懒洋洋地看电视。
• The wealthy people of Manhattan wanted to drive the bums out of their area.
  曼哈顿的有钱人想把乞丐们赶出他们的地区。
• You're better than the bums here.
  你比这的一帮游民强多了。
• I should know how to handle these bums, don't you think?
  我要学会怎样去对付那些无业游民，你觉得呢？
• Are you truly indifferent to whether your children become beach bums or bankers?
  对于孩子是会变成海滩混混还是银行家，你确实无所谓吗？
• If delivery came only a bit sooner, lazy bums.
  如果东西送晚了一点后果可不好。
• He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.
  他是少数几个知道招揽观众的演员之一。
• Bums sleeping rough in the streets Between seven and eight the street breakfasted.
  横七竖八地睡在街上的无业游民.七八点钟之间，街上的市民都吃早饭了。
• There were estimated to be at least a hundred bums in the city.
  据估计在那座城市里至少有一百名流浪乞丐。