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。