Slum
[ slʌm ]
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n. 贫民窟，贫民区;
vi. （因好奇而）逛贫民区;
📝 例句
I'm not staying in that slum.
我不住在那个脏乱的房间里。
The family lived in a deplorable slum.
那户人家住在肮脏的贫民窟。
While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room.
尼克上学期间只能住在很小的房间里.
What a wretched existence the people in the slum lead !
这个贫民窟里的人们过着多么令人悲惨的生活啊！
These children came from a slum area.
这些孩子来自贫民窟区。
🌱 联想助记
【串】slum(贫民区)的经济slump(暴跌),成为一摊slush(烂泥)
【记】※ drum-鼓声,slum-贫民区:鼓声响彻贫民区
※ slum-贫民区,lump-块:贫民区是一块穷地方
※ s-似“美女”,lu-拼音“路”,m-拼音“妈”:美女路过了妈妈住的贫民窟
✅ 同义词
🔤 词根
📖 牛津释义
slum
n
1 [C] (house or rooms in a) street, alley, etc of badly-built, over-crowded buildings 破旧拥挤的建筑物组成的街道、 小巷等（里的房屋）; 贫民窟
brought up in a slum 在贫民窟长大
[attrib 作定语]
a slum area 贫民区
slum children 贫民窟的儿童
(fig 比喻) I can't stand this slum any longer, tidy it up! 我再也无法忍受这种脏乱的环境了, 快整理一下!
2 the slums [pl]
area of a town where such buildings are found 贫民区. slum, v (-mm-)
1 [I] (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用於进行时态) visit places thought socially inferior to those where one usu works or enjoys oneself, esp out of curiosity 到社会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. 他们为什麽到城里这个地方来饮酒? 我猜是想看看这穷地方的吧.
2 (idm 习语) slum it (infml 口) choose or be forced to live in poor surroundings 自愿地或被迫地在贫民窟般的环境中生活
While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room. 尼克上学期间只能住在很小的房间里.
🎯 考研助记
死了（la）母”（谐音）：死了老母住在 贫民窟 sl(司令)+um(有money):司令有钱救济 贫民窟
🔁 扩展释义
*[slʌm]n. 贫民窟vi. 访问贫民区【化】 润滑油渣
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They lived by hunting and by gathering roots, nuts and wild fruits.
他们靠狩猎和采集根茎、坚果和野果为生。
In Maori history,the first traveller to reach New Zealand in the year 950 was a man called Kupe.
毛利人的历史上，于950年第一个到达新西兰的旅行者是一个名叫库佩的人。
It's very difficult to see where we're going and the shower may pass in an hour or two. Let's rest and have some food.
“现在很难看到我们要去的地方。阵雨可能一两个小时就会过去，我们休息一下吃点东西。”