slum
US: /ˈsɫəm/
UK: /slˈʌm/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
slum /slʌm/- danh từ
- phần không nhờn (của dầu sống)
- cặn (dầu nhờn)
- danh từ
- khu nhà ổ chuột
- khu nhà ổ chuột
- nội động từ
- đi tìm hiểu tình hình sinh hoạt của nhân dân ở các khu ổ chuột
Advanced English dictionary
noun, verb+ noun
an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition: a slum area / district + city / urban slums + She was brought up in the slums of London. + slum clearance schemes + a plan to rehouse slum dwellers
+ verb (-mm-) [V] (usually be slumming) (informal) to spend time in places or conditions that are much worse than those you are used to: There are plenty of ways you can cut costs on your trip without slumming.
Idioms: slum it to accept conditions that are worse than those you are used to: Several businessmen had to slum it in economy class.
Collocation
ADJ.
crowded, overcrowded, teeming | deprived, poor, poverty-stricken | filthy | notorious | city, inner-city, urban | tenement | rural
VERB + SLUM
clear (away), demolish, knock down, remove
SLUM + NOUN
conditions | area, district, ghetto, neighbourhood, street | dwelling, housing, property | clearance | children, kids, dwellers, youths | life | landlord
PREP.
in a/the ~
born in the slums of East London
PHRASES
the clearance/demolition/removal of slums
Concise dictionary
slummed|slumming|slumsslʌmnoun
+a district of a city marked by poverty and inferior living conditions
verb
+visit slums for entertainment or out of curiosity
