bum
US: /ˈbəm/
UK: /bˈʌm/
UK: /bˈʌm/
English Vietnamese dictionary
bum /bʌm/
- danh từ
- phía sau, đằng sau
- mông đít
- (pháp lý) nhân viên chấp hành ((cũng) bum bailiff)
- danh từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) kẻ vô công rồi nghề, kẻ lười biếng; kẻ ăn bám
- to be on the bum
- đi lang thang vô công rồi nghề; ăn bám
- lộn xộn, rối loạn
- his nerves are on the bum: hắn ta rối loạn thần kinh
- to go on the bum
- ăn bám
- tính từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tồi, vô giá trị, hạng bét
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) tồi, vô giá trị, hạng bét
- động từ
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ), (từ lóng) làm biếng, đi lang thang vơ vẩn, vô công rồi nghề; ăn bám
- bòn rút, xin xỏ được
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb, adjective
+ noun (informal)
1 (BrE) the part of the body that you sit on
Synonym: BACKSIDE, BEHIND, BOTTOM
2 (especially AmE) a person who has no home or job and who asks other people for money or food: a beach bum (= sb who spends all their time on the beach, without having a job)
3 a lazy person who does nothing for other people or for society: He's nothing but a no-good bum!
Idioms: bums on seats (BrE, informal) used to refer to the number of people who attend a show, talk, etc., especially when emphasizing the need or desire to attract a large number: They're not bothered about attracting the right audience-they just want bums on seats.
+ verb (-mm-) [VN]
1 ~ sth (off sb) (informal) to get sth from sb by asking: Can I bum a cigarette off you?
2 ~ sb (out) (AmE, informal) to make sb feel upset or disappointed
Phrasal Verbs: bum around / about (informal) to travel around or spend your time with no particular plans: He bummed around the world for a year.
+ adjective [only before noun] (informal) of bad quality; wrong or useless: He didn't play one bum note. + a bum deal (= a situation where you do not get what you deserve or have paid for)
Thesaurus dictionary
n.
1 buttocks, posterior, hindquarters, fundament, behind, rump, bottom, behind, derrière, rear end, backside, seat, rear, Colloq Brit arse, US fanny, can, hinie, tush, tushy or tushie, tokus or tochis or tuchis, keister or keester, ass:
Why don't you get off your fat bum and go out and get a job?!
2 tramp, panhandler, beggar, vagrant, loafer, drifter, vagabond, hobo, derelict, gypsy; Brit caird, tinker, traveller; US (shopping-)bag lady:
Along the Bowery the doorways and pavements are strewn with bums.
3 improper, unjustified, false, trumped up, untrue, fabricated, made-up, bogus:
That auto theft charge was a bum rap, but he still served 18 months.
adj.
4 bad, awful, unfair, dishonest, poor, rotten, Slang lousy, crummy:
I still think you got a bum deal on that toaster.
v.
5 borrow, beg, sponge, Colloq scrounge, cadge, touch, put the touch on, US mooch, hit, hit up:
Can I bum a cigarette from you?
Collocation dictionary
1 person's bottom
VERB + BUM
feel, pinch
A man pinched her bum on the train so she hit him.
| sit on
They've been sitting on their bums all day, doing nothing.
2 lazy/useless person
ADJ.
low-down, no-good | lazy | beach
He dropped out of college and became a beach bum.
Concise English dictionary
bummed|bumming|bums|bummer|bummestbʌm
noun
+a person who is deemed to be despicable or contemptible
+a disreputable vagrant
+person who does no work
+the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
verb
+ask for and get free; be a parasite
+be lazy or idle
adj.
+of very poor quality; flimsy
