chum meaning in English
n.
〔口语〕(大学等的)同室朋友，同房间的人；密友；同事。 a great chum 极要好的朋友。 a new chum 〔大洋洲〕新来的移民。 get [make] chums with 和…成好朋友。 split chums 绝交。
vi.
同室居住；成为好朋友。 chum up with 〔口语〕与…成好朋友。
n.
鱼饵〔尤指切成小块作饵的鱼〕。
Examples
- They're chatting like old school chums .
他们象老同学一样在谈话。 - They chummed up with the sons of other graziers .
他们和其它牧场主的儿子们是好朋友。 - You hang around with your old chicago school chums .
你现在同芝加哥的一些老同学一起消磨时日。 - Easton had chummed up with a lot of the regular customers at the cricketers .
伊斯顿和板球俱乐部的许多老主顾搞得很热。 - The lodge-keeper had a son who was a chum of master grossjay's .
小屋看守人有一个儿子。他是克罗斯杰少爷最要好的朋友之一。