bum
n. 流浪者; 屁股; 狂歡作樂; 笨蛋,廢物
vt. 乞討
vi. 流浪; 閒蕩
adj. 質量低劣的,無價值的; 無價值的; 殘廢的; 很不愉快的
Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money.
If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible.
You're all a bunch of bums.
你們都是一群廢物。
Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying.
He knows you're getting a bum deal.
他知道你在做一筆爛生意。
If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you.
Mind if I bum a cigarette?
能給我一支菸嗎?
If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot...
我想他們目前只是在四處閒逛,沒做多少事。
She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
她動身和一個男友去周遊世界了。
If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.
他是少數幾個知道招攬觀眾的演員之一。
1. a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
2. a disreputable vagrant;
3. person who does no work;
4. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on;
1. ask for and get free; be a parasite
2. be lazy or idle;
1. of very poor quality
bums on seats
觀眾
give someone (或 get) the bum's rush
(主 北美)(被)驅逐
on the bum
象流浪者似的生活
出毛病;壞掉
John lost his job and went on the bum.
約翰失業後過著流浪生活.
He tried to bum a ride.
他試圖求別人讓他搭順風車.
The bum promptly bummed two dimes off an old lady.
他隨即向一位老婦人討了兩個十美分的硬幣.
I could bum in hell for the lies I told about you.
我告訴你的那些謊言,可以使我在地獄燒死.
I wish I could run the marathon, but I have a bum knee.
我希望我能夠跑馬拉松, 可是我的膝蓋不怎麼好.