bum
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bum / bʌm ; bʌm /noun Cinformal
1. BrEthe part of your body that you sit on屁股;SYNbottom
2. AmEsomeone, especially a man, who has no home or job, and who asks people for money流浪乞丐，无业游民〔尤指男子〕
3. beach / ski etc bum someone who spends all their time on the beach, SKIING etc without having a job迷恋于海滨/滑雪等的无业者
4. someone who is very lazy懒鬼
5. get / put bums on seats BrE informalto make a large number of people go to see a film, play, sports match etc叫座，卖座:
•She's the kind of star who will put bums on seats.她是那种很叫座的明星。
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bumverb
bummed, bumming TBrE informal
1. to ask someone for something such as money, food, or cigarettes讨，乞讨;SYNcadge
•She bummed a little cash off me.她向我讨了一点钱。
PHRASAL VERBS
bum around
1. also bum about to spend time lazily doing nothing游手好闲，游荡
2. bum around sth to travel around, living very cheaply, without having any plans浪荡，漫游:
•He spent a year bumming around Australia.他在澳大利亚浪荡了一年。
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bumadjective only before nouninformal
1. bad and useless蹩脚的，毫无用处的:
•The orchestra was excellent. No one played a bum note.这支管弦乐队非常不错，一个音也没奏错。
•Jim got a bum deal (=unfair treatment) .吉姆受了委屈。
2. a bum ankle / leg etc AmEan injured ANKLE , leg etc受伤的脚踝/腿等