gum

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
发音 gŭm

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The flesh around the teeth. in-plural,often
  2. A viscous water-soluble carbohydrate exudate of certain plants that hardens when it becomes dry, or such a substance as a component of a plant exudate. uncountable
    — gum arabic
  3. Any viscous or sticky substance resembling the true gum. uncountable
    — gum benzoin
  4. Chewing gum. uncountable
  5. A single piece of chewing gum. countable
    — Do you have a gum to spare?
  6. A gummi candy. South-Africa,countable,in-plural,often,uncountable
  7. A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive. Southern-US,US,countable,dialectal,uncountable
  8. A vessel or bin made from a hollow log. Southern-US,US,countable,dialectal,uncountable
  9. A rubber overshoe. US,countable,dialectal,uncountable
  10. A gum tree, any of various types of trees or an individual thereof. countable,uncountable
动词 v.
  1. To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal.
  2. To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to. sometimes,with-up
    — However, Albert said in his audiotape and in his speech that a lever designed to release the lifeboat's block and tackle was gummed up with red paint.
  3. To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer. transitive
  4. To stiffen with glue or gum.
    — He frets like a gummed velvet.
  5. To inelegantly attach into a sequence. sometimes
    — It consists in gumming together long strips of words [that] have already been set in order by someone else, and making the results presentable by sheer humbug.
  6. To impair the functioning of a thing or process. colloquial,with-up
    — That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves.

词形变化

gums plural gom alternative,Appalachia goom alternative,dialectal gumm alternative,obsolete gums present,singular,third-person gumming participle,present gummed participle,past gummed past gom alternative,Appalachia goom alternative,dialectal gumm alternative,obsolete gums plural gums present,singular,third-person gumming participle,present gummed participle,past gummed past

词汇关系

衍生词
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相关词
gumma gummatous gummic acid gummiferous gummite gummose gummosis gummosity gummous

词源

词源 1
From Middle English gom, gome, gomme, goome, gum, gume, gumme, from Old English gōma (“palate”), from Proto-West Germanic *gōmō, from Proto-Germanic *gaumô, *gōmô (“palate”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰeh₂- (“to gape, yawn”).
Cognates
Cognate with Cimbrian gaumo (“palate”), German Gaum, Gaumen (“palate”), Luxembourgish Gomm, Gumm (“palate”), Yiddish גומען (gumen, “palate”), Danish gumme (“gums”), Icelandic gómur (“gum”), Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish gom (“palate”); also Latin hio (“to gape, yawn”), Ancient Greek χάσκω (kháskō, “to gape, yawn”), Lithuanian gomurỹs (“palate”), Bulgarian зе́я (zéja, “to gape”), Czech zát, zet (“to gape”), Polish ziać (“to pant”), Russian зия́ть (zijátʹ, “to gape, yawn”), Serbo-Croatian зи́јати, zíjati (“to gape, yawn”), Ukrainian зя́яти (zjájaty, “to gape”), Tocharian A koy- (“mouth”), Tocharian B koyn (“mouth”). More at yawn.
词源 2
From Middle English gomme, gumme, borrowed from Anglo-Norman gome, from Late Latin gumma, from Latin cummi, gummi, from Ancient Greek κόμμι (kómmi), from Egyptian qmy (“anointing oil”), qmyt (“acanthus resin, gum”). Cognate with Spanish goma (“rubber”). Doublet of gumma.
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