slum
noun /slʌm/
/slʌm/
- an area of a city that is very poor and where the houses are dirty and in bad condition
贫民窟;棚屋区 - a slum area
贫民区 - city/urban slums
城市贫民窟 - She was brought up in the slums of Leeds.
她是在利兹的贫民区长大的。 - slum clearance schemes
贫民窟清理计划 - a plan to rehouse slum dwellers
安置贫民窟居民的计划 - a kid from the slums
来自贫民窟的儿童 - born in the slums of East London
出生在伦敦东区的贫民窟
WordfinderTopics Social issuesb2, Buildingsb2- amenity
- city
- ghetto
- high-rise
- metropolitan
- population
- slum
- suburb
- town
- urban
Collocations Dictionaryadjective- crowded
- overcrowded
- teeming
- …
- clear
- demolish
- live in
- …
- conditions
- area
- district
- …
- from the slums
- in a/the slums
词源early 19th cent. (originally slang, in the sense ‘room’): of unknown origin. - a slum area