beggar

名词 beggar:

1. a pauper who lives by begging
   同义词：mendicant

动词 beggar:

1. be beyond the resources of
2. reduce to beggary
   同义词：pauperize, pauperise

1. The beggar shivered in his scanty clothes.
   乞丐穿着单薄，冻得发抖。
2. The beggar spun a long yarn about his misfortunes.
   那个乞丐编造了一大篇自己如何遭遇不幸的故事。
3. The beggar fell down in a swoon from sheer hunger.
   那个乞丐饿得晕倒了。
4. The beggar dressed in rags.
   这个乞丐衣衫褴褛。
5. They were beggared by trying to pay for their son's education.
   为付儿子的教育费用，他们变穷了。

beg.gar

n.（名词）
One who solicits alms for a living.
乞丐：为了生活乞求救济品的人
An impoverished person; a pauper.
穷人：贫困的人；贫民
Informal A man or a boy.
【非正式用语】 男人，男孩
v.tr.（及物动词）
beg.gared,beg.gar.ing,beg.gars
To make a beggar of; impoverish.
使成为乞丐；使穷困
To exceed the limits, resources, or capabilities of:
超过…的限度、资源或能力：
例句：
beauty that beggars description.
无法描绘的美丽

来源：
Middle English
中古英语
from Old French begart
源自 古法语 begart
ultimately from Middle Dutch beggaert [one who rattles off prayers]
最终源自 中古荷兰语 beggaert [飞快说出乞求的人]