Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense bums, present participle bumming, past tense, past participle bummed
1N-COUNT 屁股;臀部 Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on. 屁股;臀部 [British, informal]
2N-COUNT 乞丐;無業遊民 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. 乞丐;無業遊民 [US, informal]
3N-COUNT 無賴;廢物;癟三 If someone refers to another person as a bum, they think that person is worthless or irresponsible. 無賴;廢物;癟三 [informal, disapproval]
5VERB 討要;提出要 If you bum something off someone, you ask them for it and they give it to you. 討要;提出要 [informal]
Mind if I bum a cigarette? [VERB noun]
能給我一支煙嗎?
SYN scrounge [informal], cadge, beg, touch (someone) for [slang]
6VERB 閒逛;遊蕩 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. 閒逛;遊蕩
I think they're just bumming around at the moment, not doing a lot.
我想他們目前只是在四處閒逛,沒做多少事。
She went off to bum round the world with a boyfriend.
8PHRASE 招攬觀衆 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. 招攬觀衆 [British, informal]
He is one of the few players who puts bums on seats.