slumming [
'slʌmiŋ]
n. 访问贫民窟
v. 到贫民窟去;过贫苦生活(slum的ing形式)
- Those college girls went slumming and came home with sex diseases.
那些大学女生跟下流的人胡混,带回了性病。 - Her concern with the lives around her seemed so different from that of those who used to go slumming.
她对周围人们的关心与那些常假惺惺地去视察贫民区的人大相径庭。 - Webster: She's not one of your juvenile delinquents. She's a person of substance who's just slumming down here.
韦弗斯特:大夫,她可不是什么少年犯,这位阔小姐是到贫民窟来视察的。
Slumming \Slum"ming\, vb. n.
Visiting slums. Sometimes used humorously, in reference to
the appearance of a dignified person in a situation generally
thought of as low-class.
[1913 Webster +PJC]