Slum

[slʌm]

解释:

(noun.) a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions.

(verb.) spend time at a lower socio-economic level than one's own, motivated by curiosity or desire for adventure; usage considered condescending and insensitive; 'attending a motion picture show by the upper class was considered sluming in the early 20th century'.

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解释:

(n.) A foul back street of a city, especially one filled with a poor, dirty, degraded, and often vicious population; any low neighborhood or dark retreat; -- usually in the plural; as, Westminster slums are haunts for theives.

(n.) Same as Slimes.

整理:特蕾西

同义词及近义词：

n. Close (in a city), alley, lane, dark retreat, low neighborhood.

校对:卢瑟

解释:

n. a low street or neighbourhood.—v.i. to visit the slums of a city esp. from motives of curiosity.—ns. Slum′mer one who slums; Slum′ming the practice of visiting slums.

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