单词	scum
释义	scumscum /skʌm/ noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINscum Origin: 1300-1400 Middle Dutch schum Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES I don't want that scum coming back into my restaurant! soap scum on the bathtub EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS I see that the scum will be the live match in the next round of the cup, what a suprise. Reduce heat and simmer slowly, uncovered, for 2 to 3 hours, skimming any scum that rises to surface. See Igor slowly realize his dad is scum. This was a brown, evil-looking brew, topped by grey scum, with the taste and texture of fine silt. Where scum settles on wetted surfaces in kitchens, it creates an ideal breeding ground for bacteria. Why are cigar smokers cool and cigarette smokers scum? Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► the scum of the earth  People like that are the scum of the earth. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► pond · Borden Stoppelgard is pond scum, Bernie. 1[uncountable] an unpleasant dirty substance that forms on the surface of water:  a pond covered with green scum2[plural] informal nasty unpleasant people:  Scum like that should be locked away! People like that are the scum of the earth.—scummy adjective
随便看	evensong event even-tempered eventful eventide eventing eventual eventuality eventually ever Everage, Dame Edna Everest Everglades evergreen everlasting evermore every everybody everyday Everyman everyone everyplace everything everywhere Eve's pudding

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