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

• People who organize dog fights are scum in my opinion!
  我认为那些安排斗狗的人是渣滓。
• 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？
• It's time we were treated like human beings, instead of being treated like scum.
  现在该是把我们当人而不是当人渣看待的时候了。
• Honorable host, unlike this man on my left, I do not work for that evil scum.
  尊敬的主人，我不像我左边的那个人，我不为那个人渣做事。
• In fact, according to his system, I think we're probably classified as scum.
  实际上，根据他们的系统，我想我们应该被归为渣滓。
• Guard: hey, you're not such a bad guy. I guess not all Americans are scum.
  卫兵：你似乎没那么坏，我想并不是所有美国人都是混蛋。
• Don't let any of that scum come near you.
  别让她们任何一个渣子靠近你。
• When the meat is boiling, remove the scum.
  当肉煮沸时，把浮在上面的浮渣撇掉。
• 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。