/slʌm; slʌm/
n
1 [C] (house or rooms in a) street, alley, etc of badly-built, over-crowded buildings 破旧拥挤的建筑物组成的街道、小巷等（里的房屋）; 贫民窟
*brought up in a slum 在贫民窟长大
* [attrib 作定语] a slum area 贫民区
* slum children 贫民窟的儿童
* (fig 比喻) I can't stand this slum any longer, tidy it up! 我再也无法忍受这种脏乱的环境了, 快整理一下!
2 the slums [pl] area of a town where such buildings are found 贫民区.

v (-mm-)
1 [I] (usu in the continuous tenses 通常用于进行时态) visit places thought socially inferior to those where one usu works or enjoys oneself, esp out of curiosity 到社会地位低下的地方去看看（尤指因好奇）
*What are they doing drinking at this end of town? Slumming, I suppose. 他们为什么到城里这个地方来饮酒? 我猜是想看看这穷地方的吧.
2 (idm 习语) slum it (infml 口) choose or be forced to live in poor surroundings 自愿地或被迫地在贫民窟般的环境中生活
*While he was studying, Nick had to slum it in a tiny room. 尼克上学期间只能住在很小的房间里.