beggar
UK/'begә/US
C2
Definitions
n.
A person who lives by asking others for money or food; someone in extreme poverty
乞丐，叫花子
v.
To reduce someone to poverty; to go beyond or exhaust the limits of something
使贫穷；使无法形容
Root Breakdown
Native Englishbeggarother
=beggar
Common Collocations
- 1.street beggar街头乞丐
- 2.homeless beggar无家可归者
- 3.poverty beggar贫困乞丐
Example Sentences
- 1.
The street beggar asked for spare change from every passerby.