beggar
英['beg?]
美['b?ɡ?]
- n. 乞丐；窮人；家伙
- vt. 使貧窮；使淪為乞丐
詞態變化
復數:?beggars;第三人稱單數:?beggars;過去式:?beggared;現在分詞:?beggaring;
英文詞源
- beggar (n.)
- c. 1200, from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert "mendicant," of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see -ard). Compare Beguine. Early folk etymology connected the English word with bag. Form with -ar attested from 14c., but begger was more usual 15c.-17c. The feminine form beggestere is attested as a surname from c. 1300. Beggar's velvet was an old name for "dust bunnies." "Beggers should be no choosers" is in Heywood (1562).
- beggar (v.)
- "reduce to poverty," mid-15c., from beggar (n.). Related: Beggared; beggaring. Figurative use by 1640s.
雙語例句
- 1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
- 他警告說解除版權限制會使這個行業一貧如洗。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.
- 他確確實實是個老奸巨猾的家伙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. The statistics beggar belief.
- 統計數據讓人難以置信。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
- 你這個懶漢還沒穿好衣服嗎？
來自《權威詞典》
- 5. The beggar begged from the rich but they refused.
- 那個乞丐向富人們乞討,但遭到了拒絕.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》