英语单词 | bummer |
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英美音标 | ['bʌmə(r)] |
中文释义 | n.无赖,游民,游荡者,乞讨者;令人不快的事,讨厌的事 |
vocab简明 | A bummer is a huge disappointment. It's a bummer when you try out for a big role in a play and don't end up getting it. |
vocab扩展 | The word bummer is a very casual way to describe or make note of a frustrating experience. You can say, "It was such a bummer when we missed the train," or respond to bad news by saying, "Bummer!" The current meaning is from 1960s slang, but in the 1880s a bummer was a "loafer" or "idle person," probably from the German slang word bummler, "loafer." |
真题原句 | Given all this, they did not exactly need their art to be a bummer too. |
柯林斯星级 | ☆☆☆☆☆ |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [N-COUNT 可数名词]令人不快的事;讨厌的事 If you say that something is a bummer, you mean that it is unpleasant or annoying. [usu sing] [INFORMAL 非正式]
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来源 | 2006.4 |
Tags: 单词::2006
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