英语词源
- 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.
权威例句
- 1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.
- 他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。
- 2. He's a sly old beggar if ever there was one.
- 他确确实实是个老奸巨猾的家伙。
- 3. The statistics beggar belief.
- 统计数据让人难以置信。
- 4. Aren't you dressed yet, you lazy beggar?
- 你这个懒汉还没穿好衣服吗？
- 5. The beggar begged from the rich but they refused.
- 那个乞丐向富人们乞讨,但遭到了拒绝.
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