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词汇 chum
释义 chum
noun
uk /tʃʌm/ us /tʃʌm/

chumnoun (FRIEND)


[ C ]old-fashionedinformal
a friend: 朋友,好友
They were old school/college chums.他们是老校友/大学校友。
[ as form of address ]That's all right by me, chum.我没问题,伙计。
Synonyms
buddyinformal
companion(PERSON)
cronyinformaldisapproving
friend(PERSON YOU LIKE)
mate(FRIEND)UKinformal
muckerUKinformal
palinformal
Compare
acquaintance
Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

a person you know well and like
friendWe've been friends for years.
buddyHe's one of my dad's old war buddies.
palThe heartthrob was spotted hanging with his Hollywood pals in L.A.
mateUKHe's out with his mates.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Friends, acquaintances & contemporaries
acquaintance
acquaintanceship
acquainted
acquainted with someone
amigo
compatriot
comrade
contact list
contemporary
crony
crowd
fair-weather friend
fam
next door
non-contemporary
office spouse
on further acquaintance
oppo
wingman
with friends like you, who needs enemies?idiom

chumnoun (FISH)


[ U ]
fish or meat cut into small pieces and thrown from a boat to attract larger fish, for example sharks鱼饵
[ C ]pluralchum(alsochum salmon)
a type of large salmon(= a fish whose pink flesh is eaten as food) that lives in the North Pacific大马哈鱼
 
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SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hunting & fishing
angler
angling
anti-hunt
anti-hunter
anti-hunting
barb
fishing line
fishing rod
fly fishing
fox hunt
fox hunting
overfishing
piscatory
poach
poaching
predation
quarry
ravening
whaler
yoicks

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Sea fish
Fish & seafood
chum
verb
uk /tʃʌm/ us /tʃʌm/-mm-
[ I or T ]
to throw chum from a boat to attract larger fish, for example sharks: 用鱼饵钓鱼
The owner of a tourist boat was caught chumming for sharks in waters used by surfers.一名旅游船的船主在冲浪者使用水域中捕杀鲨鱼时被抓。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Hunting & fishing
angler
angling
anti-hunt
anti-hunter
anti-hunting
barb
fishing line
fishing rod
fly fishing
fox hunt
fox hunting
overfishing
piscatory
poach
poaching
predation
quarry
ravening
whaler
yoicks

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Attracting and tempting

Phrasal verb


chum up

chum | American Dictionary


chum
noun[ C ]
 infmlus/tʃʌm/
a friend:
Some of our college chums are a little wild.

chummy


adjectiveus/ˈtʃʌm·i/
infml
She tells the two of them to look chummy for the picture.

Examples of chum


chum
They are not there because they are old school chums of the chairman or anything like that.
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They did not hand over the railways, which make losses because they are a social service, to their private enterprise chums.
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If their chums in the farming community can get their snouts in the trough, that is so much the better for them.
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We do not want his former flatmates or his chums from the intelligence community.
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If the authority does that, it will be able to appoint its chums.
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He is kept in strict confinement, he is allowed only limited opportunities of returning to his chums and home.
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They handed over the profitable sections of public industry so that their chums could line their pockets from the profits of those sectors that were making surpluses.
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No responsibility for him and, worse still, no posts for his chums.
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I deplore certain reports in the press to the effect that the opposition to the clause has been motivated by gangs of old school chums and other mysterious groups.
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What about your chums on the committee?
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Kings are usually the first to run up the river followed by reds and chums.
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Unlike the other 4 high school chums, she is motherless and has no brothers or sisters.
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The two were said to be great chums.
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They divorced in 1967 but still remain close chums.
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The ability to send you and your chums into a pilly group hug on a dancefloor: checkmate!
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