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

• Taking out the garbage, cleaning the mess on the sidewalks of his building that were left by the bums and street people and many other jobs that were not related to photography.
  收拾垃圾，清理他门前的人行道，扫除流浪汉和路人留下的垃圾，以及其他许多与摄影无关的工作。
• Bums, I'll say, and I'll be happy.
  是流浪者。我会回答说。我很开心。
• They're not bothered about attracting the right audience ─ they just want bums on seats.
  他们不在乎观众是什么样的人只求卖座。
• Voters may just throw the bums out.
  选民们可能会把这些废物赶下台。
• 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。
• I've gone out with some bums, but they were beautiful.
  我曾约会流浪汉，但是英俊的。
• 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。
• 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。
• 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。
• Are they bums or what?
  他们是流浪汉还是其他什么？