beggar
beggar 英 [ˈbegə(r)] 美 [ˈbɛɡɚ]
n. 乞丐；穷人；家伙 vt. 使贫穷；使沦为乞丐
进行时:beggaring 过去式:beggared 过去分词:beggared 第三人称单数:beggars 名词复数:beggars
- A beggar is a poor person who asks others, or begs, for money or food. Another word for a beggar is a "panhandler," although both terms are vaguely offensive. No one wants to be a beggar.
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- n. 乞丐；穷人；家伙
- vt. 使贫穷；使沦为乞丐
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1. A beggar often wanders this street.
一个乞丐常在这条街上游荡。
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2. I saw a beggar wolf down a piece of bread in the street yesterday.
昨天我看见一个乞丐在街上狼吞虎咽地吃一块面包。
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3. Compassion rose up in my heart when I saw the beggar drop dead in the street.
当我看到这个乞丐倒毙街头时，怜悯之心油然而生。
- beggar (n.) "one who asks alms," especially as a way of life, c. 1200, from Old French begart, "a member of the Beghards," a mendicant order of lay brothers in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert "mendicant," a word of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see -ard). The common noun is perhaps from the proper name; compare Beguine. Early folk etymology connected the English word with bag, but this is now dismissed (see OED).
- beggar (v.) "reduce to poverty," mid-15c., from beggar (n.). From c. 1600 as "exceed the means of," hence "to outdo." Related: Beggared; beggaring.
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