英语词汇“slum”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

slum

(slʌm )

Word forms: slums , slumming, slummed

1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun]

A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition.

...a slum area of St Louis.

...inner-city slums in the old cities of the north and east.

Synonyms: hovel, ghetto, shanty

2. verb [usually cont]

If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to.

...rich kids slumming it. [VERB it]

...aristocratic types who enjoyed slumming around in musty old castles. [VERB]

Collocations:

slum housing

Thanks to him, most people eke out an existence in a world of rationing, crumbling infrastructure and slum housing.

The Sun

Overworked and undervalued troops are leaving in droves, sick of overseas tours, poor pay and slum housing.

The Sun

And they have been promised proper accommodation instead of slum housing on return home.

The Sun

His interest in politics was also fostered by the prevalence of postwar slum housing, coupled with an innate sense of fair play.

Times, Sunday Times

Once a clean, free-flowing river where locals bathed and drank, it has been devastated by the introduction of bankside textile factories and slum housing in the last 20 years.

The Sun

urban slum

I spend a lot of my time travelling out into the community, into urban slums.

Times, Sunday Times

The households that are poor and net purchasers of food are concentrated in the urban slums.

Times, Sunday Times

He also directed many programmes, from microcredit to self-finance and from housing provision to family planning, for rural communities and urban slums.

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Translations:

Chinese: 贫民窟

Japanese: スラム街

单词	slum
释义	slum (slʌm ) Word forms: slums , slumming, slummed 1. countable noun [oft NOUN noun] A slum is an area of a city where living conditions are very bad and where the houses are in bad condition. ...a slum area of St Louis. ...inner-city slums in the old cities of the north and east. Synonyms: hovel, ghetto, shanty 2. verb [usually cont] If someone is slumming it or is slumming, they are spending time in a place or in conditions that are at a much lower social level than they are used to. ...rich kids slumming it. [VERB it] ...aristocratic types who enjoyed slumming around in musty old castles. [VERB] Collocations: slum housing Thanks to him, most people eke out an existence in a world of rationing, crumbling infrastructure and slum housing. The Sun Overworked and undervalued troops are leaving in droves, sick of overseas tours, poor pay and slum housing. The Sun And they have been promised proper accommodation instead of slum housing on return home. The Sun His interest in politics was also fostered by the prevalence of postwar slum housing, coupled with an innate sense of fair play. Times, Sunday Times Once a clean, free-flowing river where locals bathed and drank, it has been devastated by the introduction of bankside textile factories and slum housing in the last 20 years. The Sun urban slum I spend a lot of my time travelling out into the community, into urban slums. Times, Sunday Times The households that are poor and net purchasers of food are concentrated in the urban slums. Times, Sunday Times He also directed many programmes, from microcredit to self-finance and from housing provision to family planning, for rural communities and urban slums. Retrieved from Wikipedia CC BY-SA 3.0 Translations: Chinese: 贫民窟 Japanese: スラム街
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