slum
n
1 [C] (house or rooms in a) street, alley, etc of badly-built, over-crowded buildings 破舊擁擠的建筑物組成的街道、 小巷等(里的房屋); 貧民窟
brought up in a slum 在貧民窟長大
[attrib 作定語]
a slum area 貧民區
slum children 貧民窟的兒童
(fig 比喻) I can't stand this slum any longer, tidy it up! 我再也無法忍受這種臟亂的環境了, 快整理一下!
2 the slums [pl]
area of a town where such buildings are found 貧民區. slum, v (-mm-)
1 [I] (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於進行時態) visit places thought socially inferior to those where one usu works or enjoys oneself, esp out of curiosity 到社會地位低下的地方去看看(尤指因好奇)
What are they doing drinking at this end of town? Slumming, I suppose. 他們為什麼到城里這個地方來飲酒? 我猜是想看看這窮地方的吧.
2 (idm 習語) slum it (infml 口) choose or be forced to live in poor surroundings 自愿地或被迫地在貧民窟般的環境中生活
While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room. 尼克上學期間只能住在很小的房間里.