| 釋義 |
slum /slAm; s m/ n 1 court, alley or street of small, badly-built, dirty, crowded houses: 房屋航臟而擁擠的巷弄或街道; 陋巷： live in a ~. 居于陋巷。 2 the ~s, part(s) of a town where there are such houses. 貧區(qū); 貧民窟。 ~ clearance, the demolishing of ~s and the rehousing of the people living in them. 消除貧民窟運動(重新安置貧民窟住戶的努力)。 vi (-mm-) 1 visit the ~s to give charitable aid to the people in them. 訪問貧民窟而給予慈善救濟。 2 (colloq) live very cheaply. (俗) 過貧民窟般的生活; 過貧苦生活。 ~my adj of ~s: 貧民窟的： a -my part of the town. 城市里的貧民窟。 |