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

• 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。
• Voters may just throw the bums out.
  选民们可能会把这些废物赶下台。
• My wife and kids aren't bums, and they deserve to have our tax dollars used for national defense.
  我老婆孩子都不是懒蛋，他们值得我们交的美刀用在国防上。
• I don't kick families out of their houses like you bums at the bank do.
  我不像你这废物在银行做的那样，把人们从房子里赶出来。
• Are they bums or what?
  他们是流浪汉还是其他什么？
• 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？
• These are the neighbourhood bums who loaf around all day.
  这几个人整天无所事事，是这一片儿的下三烂。
• The bums, or at least many of them, have been thrown out.
  笨蛋们至少有很多笨蛋已经出局了。
• We hope our decision to show more popular films will increase the number of bums on seats.
  我们希望决定放映更多的受欢迎的电影可以增加上座率。
• 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。