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单词 lum
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Definition of lum in English:

lum

noun lʌm
Northern English, Scottish
  • A chimney.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • With my eye to the lens, I had the city in my lap and could hoard to myself an unfair share of steeples and spires and cupolas; crow-stepped gables, garrets and all the Old Town's lums came rushing toward me.
    • But when Christmas Eve came round the village lums were cold and black among the snowclouds and only the wheelhouse throbbed with life, a rosy glow on the foreshore.

Origin

Early 16th century: perhaps from Old French lum 'light', from Latin lumen.

Rhymes

become, benumb, Brum, bum, chum, crumb, drum, glum, gum, ho-hum, hum, Kara Kum, mum, numb, plum, plumb, Rhum, rhumb, rum, scrum, scum, slum, some, strum, stum, succumb, sum, swum, thrum, thumb, tum, yum-yum
 
 
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