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TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8570 COCA: 9642

slum

2 ENTRIES FOUND:
1 slum /ˈslʌm/ noun
plural slums
1 slum
/ˈslʌm/
noun
plural slums
Learner's definition of SLUM
[count] : an area of a city where poor people live and the buildings are in bad condition贫民窟
[singular] British, informal : a very untidy place脏乱的地方
2 slum /ˈslʌm/ verb
slums; slummed; slumming
2 slum
/ˈslʌm/
verb
slums; slummed; slumming
Learner's definition of SLUM
[no object] informal
: to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than your usual places or conditions(短期)去贫穷地方
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8570 COCA: 9642

slum

1 of 2

noun

plural slums
: a densely populated usually urban area marked especially by poverty

slum

2 of 2

verb

slummed; slumming; slums

intransitive verb

: to visit slums especially out of curiosity
broadly : to go somewhere or do something that might be considered beneath one's station
sometimes used with it
slumming it in budget hotels
slummer noun

Example Sentences

Noun He grew up in the slums of New York. His house is a slum. Verb He sometimes likes to go slumming in bars around the city.
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
In 1954, the state of Maryland declared this neighborhood to be a slum. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 3 Sep. 2022 Abisha has filmed a documentary about a musical instrument played by Dalits during protests and told stories about the eviction of slum-dwellers in Chennai, which inspired her to write the rap song. Niha Masih, Washington Post, 10 June 2022 In addition, more than 470 people have been killed, injured or disappeared in less than a week amid gang fights in the nearby Cite Soleil slum, according to the United Nations. DÁnica Coto, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2022 In May, a police raid on another Rio favela killed 23 people, and last year, a shootout in a third slum left at least 29 people dead. Marina Lopes, Washington Post, 22 July 2022 The unemployed would be put to work in slum clearance, road building and other public works projects. Michael Bernick, Forbes, 19 July 2022 Imelda, governor of metro Manila, simply ordered the slum demolished and paved over, with 60 families carted to some vacant land 20 miles outside the capital, where they'd been dumped in a large field. David A. Andelman, CNN, 6 May 2022 Serafina Olegario, who, in 1974, is raising her infant son Carlinhos in a Brazilian slum after her married lover has rejected them both. Sun Sentinel, 22 June 2022 In July 2021, a group of drug traffickers approached the staff of a public vaccination site in a slum of Rio de Janeiro called Maré. Claudio Araujo, Scientific American, 18 May 2022
Verb
The reasons vary — scripts change, directors don’t share the actors’ visions, studio executives meddle, actors slum for a payday, whatever. Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 22 Apr. 2021 The already legendary guitarist gets extra kudos for slumming it and taking the tube to The O2, rather than a limo. Richard Smirke, Billboard, 19 Feb. 2020 After a couple of years slumming in Cincinnati, Hearn asked about writing for The Cincinnati Enquirer. Jeff Suess, Cincinnati.com, 4 Apr. 2018 What happens when Meryl Streep and Ryan Gosling, two heavenly creatures slumming it in Hollywood, meet up at a glitzy awards gala? Josh Duboff, HWD, 1 Feb. 2017 See More

Word History

Etymology

Noun

origin unknown

First Known Use

Noun

1825, in the meaning defined above

Verb

1884, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of slum was in 1825
TOEFL IELTS BNC: 8570 COCA: 9642
slum

noun

ADJECTIVE | VERB + SLUM | SLUM + NOUN | PREPOSITION ADJECTIVEcrowded, overcrowded, teeming擁擠不堪的貧民窟sprawling, vast雜亂無序的/綿延的貧民窟poor貧民窟filthy骯髒的貧民窟notorious聲名狼藉的貧民窟city, inner-city, urban城市貧民窟;內城貧民窟tenement廉租公寓貧民窟rural鄉村貧民窟immigrant (especially NAmE) 移民貧民窟VERB + SLUMclear, demolish清理/拆除貧民窟live in住在貧民窟25% of the city lives in slums.25% 的城市人口住在貧民窟。SLUM + NOUNconditions貧民窟環境area, district, neighbourhood/neighborhood, street貧民區;窮街陋巷dwelling, housing, property, tenement貧民窟住宅;貧民窟廉租公寓clearance貧民窟拆遷children, dwellers, kids (informal) 貧民區兒童;貧民窟居民life貧民窟生活landlord (especially BrE) (slumlord in NAmE) (索要高價的)貧民區房東PREPOSITIONfrom the slums來自貧民窟a kid from the slums來自貧民窟的兒童in a/the slums在貧民窟born in the slums of East London出生在倫敦東區的貧民窟

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