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

noun | verb

gumgum1 /gʌm/ ●●● S2 noun

ETYMOLOGYgum¹

Origin: (1) Old English goma

COLLOCATIONS► chewing gum

He’s always chewing gum.

1a sweet sticky type of candy that you chew for a long time but do not swallow: He’s always chewing gum.2[countable usually plural] science, biology the firm pink part inside your mouth that holds your teeth: healthy gums3[uncountable] science, biology a sticky substance found in the stems of some trees4[countable] a gum tree [Origin: (1) Old English goma]

noun | verb

gumgum2 verb (gummed, gumming)

VERB TABLE

gum

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	gum
	he, she, it	gums
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	gummed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have gummed
	he, she, it	has gummed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had gummed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will gum
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have gummed

Continuous Form
Present	I	am gumming
	he, she, it	is gumming
	you, we, they	are gumming
Past	I, he, she, it	was gumming
	you, we, they	were gumming
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been gumming
	he, she, it	has been gumming
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been gumming
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be gumming
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been gumming

gum something ↔ up phrasal verb informal to prevent something from working correctly by covering it with a sticky substance: How did this lock get so gummed up?