scum

英 [skʌm]

美 [skʌm]

n.  浮沫; 浮垢; 浮渣; (骂人的话)渣滓，败类
v.  形成浮垢（或浮渣）; 覆盖着浮渣

复数：scums　过去分词：scummed　现在分词：scumming　过去式：scummed　第三人称单数：scums　

IELTSTEM8

Collins.1 / BNC.8207 / COCA.15268

牛津词典

noun

• 浮沫；浮垢；浮渣
  a layer of bubbles or an unpleasant substance that forms on the surface of a liquid
  1. Skim off any scum.
     撇净浮沫。
  2. stinking water covered by a thick green scum
     盖着厚厚一层绿色浮垢的臭水
• （骂人的话）渣滓，败类
  an insulting word for people that you strongly disapprove of
  1. Don't waste your sympathy on scum like that.
     对这样的渣滓你没必要同情。
  2. Drug dealers are the scum of the earth (= the worst people there are) .
     毒品贩子是社会渣滓。

柯林斯词典

• 卑鄙的人;人渣;败类
  If you refer to people asscum, you are expressing your feelings of dislike and disgust for them.
• N-UNCOUNT (液体表面的)浮渣，浮垢
  Scumis a layer of a dirty or unpleasant-looking substance on the surface of a liquid.
  1. ...scum marks around the bath.
     浴缸周围的浮垢痕迹

英英释义

noun

• a film of impurities or vegetation that can form on the surface of a liquid
• worthless people
  Synonym:trash

verb

• remove the scum from

双语例句

• In the morning you'll be shipped out with the rest of the scum.
  早晨你就会和别的社会渣滓一起运走了。
• He says people who are too lazy to work are the scum of the earth.
  他说太懒惰的人都是地球上的渣滓（世界上最糟糕的人）。
• A little scum could break the whole case.
  一点水痕可能破了整个案子。
• VIEWED from humanity's lofty heights, single-celled creatures are the scum of the earth.
  从人类的高度来看，单细胞生物是地球上的浮渣。
• He says people who torture other people are the scum of the earth.
  他说那些折磨他人的人是世界上的渣滓。
• All the people I deal with one scum.
  与我打交道的人都是混蛋。
• I skimmed the milk scum off the top with a piece of bread.
  我拿块面包撇下牛乳的浮皮。
• Do you know what that scum has done now?
  你知道现在那个恶棍干了什么？
• Get the scum of the streets, because you're too slow.
  干掉街上的渣滓，因为你太慢了。
• It's true you're with this yuppie scum?
  你真的和这个垃圾的雅皮士在一起？