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bum /ˈbʌm/
遊蕩者,懶鬼,鬧飲(a.)沒有價值的(vi.)過遊民生活,免費得到,流浪(vt.)乞討
bum, v. i. [imp. & p. p. bummed p. pr. & vb. n. bumming (░).] To make murmuring or humming sound.
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bum
adj : of very poor quality [syn: cheap, cheesy, chintzy, crummy,
punk, sleazy, tinny]
n 1: a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible;
"only a rotter would do that"; "kill the rat"; "throw
the bum out"; "you cowardly little pukes!"; "the British
call a contemptible person a `git'" [syn: rotter, dirty
dog, rat, skunk, stinker, stinkpot, puke, crumb,
lowlife, scum bag, so-and-so, git]
2: a disreputable vagrant; "a homeless tramp"; "he tried to
help the really down-and-out bums" [syn: tramp, hobo]
3: person who does no work; "a lazy bum" [syn: idler, loafer,
do-nothing, layabout]
4: the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on; "he
deserves a good kick in the butt"; "are you going to sit
on your fanny and do nothing?" [syn: buttocks, nates,
arse, butt, backside, buns, can, fundament, hindquarters,
hind end, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear
end, rump, stern, seat, tail, tail end, tooshie,
tush, bottom, behind, derriere, fanny, ass]
v 1: ask for and get free; be a parasite [syn: mooch, cadge,
grub, sponge]
2: be lazy or idle; "Her son is just bumming around all day"
[syn: bum around, bum about, arse around, arse
about, fuck off, loaf, frig around, waste one's
time, lounge around, loll, loll around, lounge
about]
[also: bumming, bummed]