noun🔗Share牙龈, 齿龈。 (often in the plural) The flesh around the teeth."My gums bled a little after I flossed my teeth. "我用牙线清洁牙齿后，牙龈稍微出了点血。anatomyphysiologybodymedicineorganChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share细嚼慢咽， 磨。 To chew, especially of a toothless person or animal."The elderly dog, having lost most of its teeth, gums its soft food gently. "那只年老的狗掉了大部分牙齿，只能用牙床轻轻地细嚼慢咽它的软食物。bodyphysiologyanimalfoodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share锉齿，扩齿。 To deepen and enlarge the spaces between the teeth of (a worn saw), as with a gummer.""The saw was cutting poorly, so the lumberjack had to gum the teeth to make it more efficient again." "那把锯子锯起来很费劲，所以伐木工不得不锉齿扩齿，让它重新变得锋利起来。technicalworkmachineChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share树胶，口香糖。 Any of various viscous or sticky substances that are exuded by certain plants."The tree trunk was covered in hardened gums that oozed out when it was injured. "树干上覆盖着受伤时渗出的硬化树胶。substanceplantmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share树胶，胶。 Any viscous or sticky substance resembling those that are exuded by certain plants."The tree sap was a sticky gum, clinging to the boy's shirt after he climbed it. "男孩爬树后，树上的汁液变成了一种黏黏的树胶，粘在了他的衬衫上。substancematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share口香糖，泡泡糖 Chewing gum."The store sells many different flavors of gums. "这家店卖很多种不同口味的口香糖。foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share口香糖，泡泡糖 A single piece of chewing gum."Do you have a gum to spare?"你有多余的口香糖吗？foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share软糖，橡皮糖 (often in the plural) A gummi candy."My little sister loves to eat colorful gums shaped like bears after finishing her homework. "我妹妹做完作业后，最喜欢吃各种颜色的小熊软糖。foodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share树胶蜂箱, 土蜂箱 A hive made of a section of a hollow gum tree; hence, any roughly made hive."The old farmer still kept bees in gums he had carved out of fallen gum trees, a practice passed down from his grandfather. "那位老农仍然用他从倒下的香胶树上挖出来的土蜂箱养蜂，这是他祖父传下来的做法。agricultureanimalinsectnaturebuildingChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share木槽，树槽。 A vessel or bin made from a hollow log."The family used the old log gums to store firewood. "这家人用旧的树槽来储存柴火。utensilmaterialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share套鞋，胶鞋。 A rubber overshoe.""My dad always wears his gums when he shovels snow so his shoes don't get wet." "我爸铲雪的时候总是穿着他的套鞋/胶鞋，这样他的鞋子就不会湿了。wearitemChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗Share桉树，口香糖树 A gum tree."We saw several tall gums along the road to the campsite. "在去露营地的路上，我们看到路边长着几棵高大的桉树.plantnatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share粘合，涂胶。 (sometimes with up) To apply an adhesive or gum to; to make sticky by applying a sticky substance to."The carpenter gums the wood pieces together before assembling the table. "木匠在组装桌子之前，先把木头块涂上胶粘合起来。materialsubstanceactionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share粘住，胶粘。 To stiffen with glue or gum."The spilled juice gums the pages of my notebook together. "洒出来的果汁把我的笔记本的纸页粘到一起了。materialsubstanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share黏合，粘贴。 (sometimes with together) To inelegantly attach into a sequence."He gummed the construction paper stars together with so much glue that they barely resembled a cohesive mobile. "他用大量的胶水把那些彩色的星星胡乱地粘在一起，粘得乱七八糟，几乎看不出一个像样的风铃。actionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗Share妨碍， 阻碍。 (with up) To impair the functioning of a thing or process."That cheap oil will gum up the engine valves."那种劣质机油会堵塞发动机阀门，妨碍其正常运作。functionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
