chum

• n. ルームメイト、親しい友人
• vi.親しい友人になる
• n.（チャム）人の名前；（カンボジア語）ゾン；（チェコ語）ハム

ルームシェアする人、ルームメイト。

chum (n.1)

"friend," 1680s, originally university slang for "roommate," from alternative spelling of cham, short for chamber(mate); typical of the late-17c. fondness for clipped words. Among derived forms used 19c. were chumship; chummery "shared bachelor quarters," chummage "system of quartering more than one to a room."

chum (n.2)

"fish bait," 1857, perhaps from Scottish chum "food."

1. an old school chum

旧友

2.There 's your old chum ，Francis Getliffe and his friends.

そしてあなたの旧友フランシス？ガイトレフとその友人たち。

3.The lodge-keeper had a son who was a chum of Master Grossjay 's.

小屋番人には息子がいる。彼はクロスジェ坊っちゃんの親友の一人だ。

4.You see I would rather chum with the few mechanics there were in that station.

ほら、私はむしろその駅に立っているいくつかの機械修理工と友達になりたいです。

5.Her chum said that South Korea is a scary place.

彼女の友人は韓国はクレイジーな場所だと言っている。