[N-COUNT 可数名词]贫民区；贫民窟 A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.
[oft N n]
...a slum area of St Louis.
圣路易斯的贫民区
...inner-city slums in the old cities of the north and east.
北部和东部老城市里的市中心贫民区
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[VERB 动词]逛贫民窟；体验下层社会的生活 If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.
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...rich kids slumming it.
体验下层社会生活的有钱人的孩子
...aristocratic types who enjoyed slumming around in musty old Scottish castles.
喜欢在发霉的苏格兰古堡里体验苦日子的贵族阶层
Oxford
slum/slʌm; NAmEslʌm/
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slumslumsslummedslummingnounan area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition 贫民窟；棚屋区◆a slum area贫民区◆city/urban slums城市贫民窟◆She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。verb(-mm-)[intransitive ](usuallybe slumming )( informal) to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to 过苦日子；过简朴生活◆There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.在旅行中，有许多办法既可以减少开销又不至于让自己过得太苦。IDIOMˈslum it( often humorous) to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to 将就着过简朴生活；过穷日子◆Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.几个商人只好将就着坐在经济舱里。slum/slʌm; NAmEslʌm/
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slum1 noun
slum2 verb
slumslum1 /slʌm/ ●○○ noun
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1[countable] a house or an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live: a slum area slum housing the slums of London► see thesaurus at
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2[singular] British English informal a very untidy place
slum1 noun
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slum it/be slumming informal to spend time in conditions that are much worse than you are used to – often used humorously: Jeremy doesn’t slum it when he goes away.
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