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词汇 schlump
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Definition of schlump in English:

schlump

nounʃlʊmpʃlʊmp
North American informal
  • A slow, slovenly, or inept person.

    〈北美,非正式〉懒散邋遢的人;笨蛋

    when he wakes up, the poor schlump finds himself in a gleaming modern Shangri-La
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The cartoon shows some helicopters, tanks and paratroopers converging on a suburban house; a typical schlump who looks like the sort of New York exurbanite not quite witty or lustful enough to get into a Cheever tale stands in the door.
    • Not long ago he was just another loveless schlump on Broadway earning bad reviews.
    • No matter what you do you still look like a schlump.
    Synonyms
    layabout, good-for-nothing, sluggard, slug, laggard

Origin

1940s: apparently related to Yiddish shlumperdik 'dowdy' and German Schlumpe 'slattern'.

Definition of schlump in US English:

schlump

(also shlump)
nounʃlʊmpSHlo͝omp
North American informal
  • A slow, slovenly, or inept person.

    〈北美,非正式〉懒散邋遢的人;笨蛋

    when he wakes up, the poor schlump finds himself in a gleaming modern Shangri-La
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Not long ago he was just another loveless schlump on Broadway earning bad reviews.
    • No matter what you do you still look like a schlump.
    • The cartoon shows some helicopters, tanks and paratroopers converging on a suburban house; a typical schlump who looks like the sort of New York exurbanite not quite witty or lustful enough to get into a Cheever tale stands in the door.
    Synonyms
    layabout, good-for-nothing, sluggard, slug, laggard

Origin

1940s: apparently related to Yiddish shlumperdik ‘dowdy’ and German Schlumpe ‘slattern’.

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