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

noun | verb

slumslum1 /slʌm/ noun

COLLOCATIONS► in the slums

She grew up in the slums.

[countable] an area of a city that is in very bad condition, where very poor people live: slum of the slums of Rio She grew up in the slums.

noun | verb

slumslum2 ●○○ verb (slummed, slumming) [intransitive]

VERB TABLE

slum

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	slum
	he, she, it	slums
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	slummed
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have slummed
	he, she, it	has slummed
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had slummed
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will slum
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have slummed

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

(also slum it) often humorous to spend time in conditions that are much worse than you are used to: I don’t want to spend a lot, but I don’t want to slum it either.