1 N-COUNT 屁股;臀部 Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on. 屁股;臀部 [British, informal]
2 N-COUNT 乞丐;无业游民 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. 乞丐;无业游民 [US, informal]
3 N-COUNT 无赖;废物;瘪三 If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible. 无赖;废物;瘪三 [informal, disapproval]
SYN loafer, lounger, piker [Australian , New Zealand , slang] , dodger
4 ADJ [ADJ n] 糟糕的;令人不快的 Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying. 糟糕的;令人不快的 [informal]
SYN bad, poor, inadequate, pathetic
5 VERB 讨要;提出要 If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. 讨要;提出要 [informal]
SYN scrounge [informal] , cadge, beg, touch (someone) for [slang]
6 VERB 闲逛;游荡 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. 闲逛;游荡
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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。
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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。
8 PHRASE 招揽观众 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. 招揽观众 [British, informal]
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