| 释义 |
chum
noun- an associate, a regular companion or a close friend UK, 1684
Originally in conventional use; slipped into colloquial use in C19. - Seventeen-year-old Tasleema is under pressure from her dad to marry a nice Bengali boy, while her Hindu chum, Lux, is hassled for hanging out with a white guy[.] — Guardian, 29 March 2003
- used (of a male) as a form of address, often patronising UK, 1684
- Don’t give me that stuff, chum. — Mickey Spillane, I, The Jury, p. 17, 1947
- Are you sure you’ve come to the right camp, chum? — Graeme Kent, The Queen’s Corporal [Six Granada Plays], p. 83, 1959
|