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 English
beggarother
=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.

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