bummerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

語源 1

From German Bummler (“a drifter, a stroller, a rambler, a loiterer, a laggard”), from bummeln (“loaf, loiter, stroll, ramble”).

名詞

bummer (複数形 bummers)

1. (obsolete, historical) A forager, especially in Sherman's March to the Sea of November to December 1864.
2. (US, slang, dated) An idle, worthless fellow, without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:scrounger

3. A lamb (typically the smallest of a multiple birth) which has been abandoned by its mother or orphaned, and as a consequence is raised in part or in whole by humans.

派生語

• bum (noun)

語源 2

From bum + -er (“比較級 forming”).

形容詞

bummer

1. comparative form of bum: more bum

語源 3

From bum +‎ -er (agency forming).

名詞

bummer (複数形 bummers)

1. (colloquial) A disappointment, a pity, a shame.

   That's a total bummer.

   • 1977, “Peaches”, in Rattus Norvegicus, performed by The Stranglers:

     Looks like I'm gonna be stuck here the whole summer / Well what a bummer / I can think of a lot worse places to be

関連する語

• bum out

間投詞

bummer

1. (colloquial) Exclamation of annoyance or frustration at a bummer (disappointment).

語源 4

From bum (“buttocks”) + -er (“agency forming”).

名詞

bummer (複数形 bummers)

1. (Britain, slang, まれに) homosexual male