English Dictionary

chum

IPA（発音記号）

/t͡ʃʌm/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 スコットランド英語 くだけた表現

(intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together. / (transitive) To lodge (somebody) with another person or people. / (intransitive) To make friends; to socialize.

日本語の意味

（自動詞）誰かと部屋を共にする、または同居する / （他動詞）誰かを別の人と一緒に泊める、宿泊させる / （自動詞）友達になる、交際する、社交する

They chum in a small apartment to save on rent.

彼らは家賃を節約するために小さなアパートでルームシェアしている。

意味（1）

(intransitive) To share rooms with someone; to live together.

Henry Wotton and John Donne began to be friends when, as boys, they chummed together at Oxford, where Donne had gone at the age of twelve years.

意味（2）

(transitive) To lodge (somebody) with another person or people.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To make friends; to socialize.

I was not surprised to see somebody sitting aft, on the deck, with his legs dangling over the mud. You see I rather chummed with the few mechanics there were in that station, whom the other pilgrims naturally despised—on account of their imperfect manners, I suppose.

意味（4）

(transitive, Scotland, informal) To accompany.

I'll chum you down to the shops.

chums （ present singular third-person ）

chumming （ participle present ）

chummed （ participle past ）

chummed （ past ）