slum

🇺🇸 /slʌm/ 🇬🇧 /slʌm/
詞頻
難度
標籤 TOP10000
noun
R

A poor area of a city with bad housing.

Many children grow up in the slum areas of big cities.

許多孩子在大城市的貧民區長大。

verb
R

To live or spend time in poor conditions.

They chose to slum in cheap hostels to save money.

為了省錢,他們選擇在廉價旅館裡過簡陋的生活。

translation

n. 貧民窟
v. 過貧苦生活

詞形變化

3rd Present slums
Past slummed
Perfect slummed
Progressive slumming
Plural slums