bum

2017-11-12

From Middle English bum (“buttocks, bottom”), a syncopated form of Middle English botym (“bottom”). Compare also Old Irish, Scottish Gaelic bun (“base, bottom”)

來自中世紀英文,英國稱為屁股,臀部。想像坐下來 (sit on your bum) ,乞丐都是坐下來乞討,引用變成乞丐,流浪漢,遊手好閒的人。

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