slum

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A dilapidated neighborhood where many people live in a state of poverty. countable,derogatory
    — Go to the half built-upon slums behind Battlebridge […] you will find groups of boys […] squatting in the mud, among the rubbish, the broken bricks, the dust-heaps, and the fragments of timber […]
  2. Slumgullion; a meat-based stew. slang,uncountable
  3. Nonsense; humbug. UK,obsolete,slang,uncountable
    — And this, without more slum began, / Over a flowing pot-house can, / To settle, without botheration, / The rigs of this here tip-top nation.
  4. Inexpensive trinkets awarded as prizes in a carnival game. slang,uncountable
    — The lower the price of slum the better it is for the operator who can either give more of it out or build up the size of his big prizes. It is the big prizes that bring the play, even though the winner has to be satisfied with a piece of slum for his efforts.
动词 v.
  1. To visit a neighborhood of a status below one's own. intransitive
    — The princess goes slumming.
  2. To saunter about in a disreputable manner. UK,dated,intransitive,slang

词形变化

slums plural slums present,singular,third-person slumming participle,present slummed participle,past slummed past

词汇关系

近义词
barrio bad part of town estate favela ghetto Hell's Kitchen jects projects scheme shantytown sink estate slum
上位词
section of a town
下位词
Hooverville rookery
衍生词
backslum Slumbai Slumbay slumburb slumdog slumdom slumdweller slum-dweller slum dweller slumhood slumification slummification slumism slummism slumlady slumland slumlike slumlord slummy slumness slum-ridden slumridden slumward slumwards slummer slum it
相关词
inner city urban blight
部分词
building flophouse doss-house tenement street

词源

词源 1
First attested in 1812. Originally slang, in the sense "room", especially "backroom", of unknown origin.
词源 2
See slumgullion.
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