gum

[gʌm]

n.牙床, 树胶, 齿龈, 粘性物质
v.搞砸, 用牙床嚼,以树胶粘合

例句与用法：

Frankincense is a type of sweet-smelling gum from a tree.

乳香是从树上提炼的一种有甜味的树脂。

Many people like to chew mint gum in the summer.

许多人喜欢在夏天嚼薄荷口香糖。

His pocket was all gummed up with candy.

他的口袋全被糖粘住了。

He likes chewing gum.

他喜欢嚼口香糖。

词形变化：

动词过去式: gummed | 动词过去分词: gummed | 动词现在分词: gumming | 动词第三人称单数: gums |

详细释义：

n.

1. 树胶, 树脂[U]

2. 胶, 粘合剂[U]

3. 橡皮糖, 口香糖[U]

He was reading the newspaper, gum in mouth.

他一边嚼着口香糖一边看报。

4. 橡胶树[C]

5. 【美】橡胶套鞋[P]

6. 眼屎[U]

vt.

1. 用胶(水)涂

2. (用胶)粘合[O]

Can you gum this piece of wood on to the wall?

你能不能把这片木头粘到墙上去?

3. 【美】【俚】欺骗

vi.

1. 分泌树胶

2. 发粘

n.

齿龈, 牙床[P1]

vt.

用牙床咀嚼

短语词组：

gum up

1. 搞糟; 搞乱

Don't gum up the work by telling Mother what we are going to do.

别告诉母亲我们要干的事, 那会把事情搞糟的。

up a gum tree

1. 进退维谷

He went away with all my clothes packed in his own bags, so I was left really up a gum tree!

他把我所有的衣服都塞进包里带走了, 这下我可是进退维谷了。