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单词 beggar
释义 beggar
 —beggarhood,  n.  
 /beg"euhr/,  n.  
  1. a person who begs alms or lives by begging.
  2. a penniless person.
  3. a wretched fellow; rogue: the surly beggar who collects the rents.
  4. a child or youngster (usually prec. by little): a sudden urge to hug the little beggar.
  v.t.  
  5. to reduce to utter poverty; impoverish: The family had been beggared by the war.
  6. to cause one's resources of or ability for (description, comparison, etc.) to seem poor or inadequate: The costume beggars description.
 [1175-1225; ME beggare, beggere. See BEG1, -ER1, -AR3]
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