| 词汇 | bum |
| 释义 | bum Theme: NONFUNCTIONING mod. bad; faulty.This is a bum fuse. No wonder it won't run.The screw has a bum head and won't turn. Theme: PEOPLE - WORTHLESS n. a vagrant; a good-for-nothing.You had better get your finances in order unless you want to become a bum.There is a bunch of bums on the corner, just doing nothing. bum 1. adjective 1 injured, damaged, faulty US, 1902. 2 inferior, bad, of poor-quality US, 1859 2. noun 1 the buttocks; occasionally and specifically, the anus, the rectum. A good Middle English word that survived in conventional usage until the late C18. The etymology is very uncertain; possibly from Italian bum (the sound of an explosion), and it is suggested (elsewhere) that 'bum' is echoic of buttocks slapping a flat surface. What is certain is that it is now in semi-conventional currency. It is not an abbreviation of BOTTOM which is a much later coinage UK, 1387. 2 a bag in which classified documents which are to be destroyed are placed US, 1986. 3 a lazy person; a beggar; a vagrant US, 1864. 4 a boaster, a braggart UK: SCOTLAND, 1985.► give your bum an airingto use the lavatory UK, 1984.► on the bum1. living as a beggar US, 1907.2. (of machinery) not working, broken, not operating correctly CANADA, 1961.► take it up the bumto take the passive role in anal intercourse UK, 2003 3. verb 1 to engage in anal intercourse. From BUM (the buttocks, the bottom); possibly playing on the phrase 'bum a fag' (to scrounge a cigarette) which can be understood to mean 'sodomise a gay man' UK, 1999. 2 to beg; to borrow something without the expectation of returning it US, 1857. 3 to feel poorly or depressed US, 1989. 4 to have a bad experience with a hallucinogenic drug US, 1972. 5 in computing, to improve something by removing or rearranging it US, 1983. 6 to wander, to idle, to live as a vagrant AUSTRALIA, 1933. 7 to boast, to brag. Also used as 'bum up' UK, 1937.► bum your chaff; bum your chat; bum your loadto tell a tall story to impress or convince someone UK, 1937 bum around 1. bum around/round • bum around/round sth informal to travel around without any definite plans and usually with very little money: Greg bummed around South America for a year between school and university.2. bum around/round informal to spend time being lazy and doing very little: I was still bumming round without any work, and I had no money at all.■ SIMILAR TO: loaf about/around, slob about/around bum off bum sth off sb informal to get something that you need or want from someone, by asking them for it and not paying for itbum a lift/ride off sb (=ask someone to take you with them in their car when they are driving somewhere) He had bummed the cigarettes off a group of Swedish students in Bonn. I expect Joe will be going to the party - I'll bum a lift off him. bum out bum sb out AmE informal to make someone feel sad or disappointed: I don't want to bum you out, but I'm afraid we can't go to the beach this weekend.be bummed out AmE informal to feel sad or disappointed about something: Kevin was a little bummed out when his team lost again. bum round ► see bum around/about bum (something)To borrow or use something that belongs to someone else. Hey, can I bum a pen? bum1. n. a vagrant; a good-for-nothing. You had better get your finances in order unless you want to become a bum. 2. mod. bad; faulty. This is a bum fuse. No wonder it won’t run. 3. Go to bum something (off someone).
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