英语词汇“sponger”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

sponger

/ˈspʌn(d)ʒə

noun

1 informal A person who lives at others' expense.Asylum-seekers and refugees are not spongers and freeloaders, according to Minister O'Donoghue....

Refugees are frequently termed freeloaders and spongers by resentful Irish, even by certain politicians.
‘The fact that the vast majority of recently arrived asylum seekers are excluded from the workplace creates a situation where they are seen as spongers,’ he believes.

Synonyms

parasite, hanger-on, leech, scrounger, passenger, drone, beggar

informal freeloader, junketeer, sponge, cadger, bum, bloodsucker

British informal ligger

North American informal mooch, moocher, schnorrer

Australian/New Zealand informal bludger

2A person who applies decoration to pottery with a sponge.

单词	sponger
释义	sponger /ˈspʌn(d)ʒə / noun 1 informal A person who lives at others' expense.Asylum-seekers and refugees are not spongers and freeloaders, according to Minister O'Donoghue.... Refugees are frequently termed freeloaders and spongers by resentful Irish, even by certain politicians. ‘The fact that the vast majority of recently arrived asylum seekers are excluded from the workplace creates a situation where they are seen as spongers,’ he believes. Synonyms parasite, hanger-on, leech, scrounger, passenger, drone, beggar informal freeloader, junketeer, sponge, cadger, bum, bloodsucker British informal ligger North American informal mooch, moocher, schnorrer Australian/New Zealand informal bludger 2A person who applies decoration to pottery with a sponge. Rhymes blunger, conjure, expunger, plunger
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