词汇 | chum |
词源 | chum [L17th] Before it came to mean ‘a friend’, chum was a slang word, used at Oxford University, for ‘a room-mate’. It was probably a shortened form of chamber-fellow. Chum [M19th] for fish refuse, particularly that used for bait, is an American word of unknown origin. See also crony. |
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