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word slum
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/slʌ̱m/
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[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

2
[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.
  [V it]
  [V]
  [usu cont]
  • ...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 ; NAmE slʌm /
noun
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verb
slum slums slummed slumming
noun an 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。 IDIOM ˈslum 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 ; NAmE slʌm /
LDC
slum1 noun
slum2 verb
slumslum1 /slʌm/ ●○○ noun
Examples
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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
area
2[singular] British English informal a very untidy place
slum1 noun
slum2 verb
slumslum2 verb
Verb Table
Examples
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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.
WDF

slum

[slʌm]slummed, slumming, slums

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v39256
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n9858
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NOUN14630
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VERB44230
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slumming[553] slums[1414]
贫民窟(97%),访问贫民区(3%)
n.贫民窟;陋巷;脏乱的地方
vi.(为猎奇或救济等)去贫民窟

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