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N-COUNT
屁股;臀部
Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
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N-COUNT
乞丐;无业游民
A bum is a person who has no permanent home or job and who gets money by working occasionally or by asking people for money.
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N-COUNT
无赖;废物;瘪三
If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible.
例句
You're all a bunch of bums.
你们都是一群废物。
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ADJ
糟糕的;令人不快的
Some people use bum to describe a situation that they find unpleasant or annoying.
例句
He knows you're getting a bum deal.
他知道你在做一笔烂生意。
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VERB
讨要;提出要
If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you.
例句
Mind if I bum a cigarette?
能给我一支烟吗?
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VERB
闲逛;游荡
If you bum around, you go from place to place without any particular destination, either for enjoyment or because you have nothing else to do.
例句
I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot...
我想他们目前只是在四处闲逛,没做多少事。
She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
她动身和一个男友去周游世界了。
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PHRASE
招揽观众
If the organizers of an event such as a concert want to put bums on seats, they want a lot of people to attend it.
例句
He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.
他是少数几个知道招揽观众的演员之一。