a sponger
指以采集海绵为生的人。
The sponger collected sponges from the sea.
海绵采集者从海里采集海绵。
寄生虫；食客；白吃白喝的人
采海绵的人；采海绵的船；使用海绵的人；织物润湿装置；使用海绵的人。；收集海绵的工人
A person who hangs around others for personal gain without giving anything in return; a parasite.
使用海绵的人。
One who uses a sponge.
收集海绵的工人
a workman employed to collect sponges
寄生食客；依赖他人生活的人。
A parasitic hanger-on.
跟随在主人周围以期获得利益的追随者(对主人无益)
a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage
采集海绵的人或船只。
A person or vessel employed in gathering sponges from the sea.
用带孔可调滚筒润湿布料的装置。
A device for sponging cloth by means of a perforated adjustable cylinder.
My roommate is a sponger; he always eats my food without sharing.
我的室友是个白吃白喝的人；他总是吃我的东西而不分享。
用法提示：sponger 为名词，指靠别人生活的人，这里作表语。
The sponger at the party took advantage of the free drinks.
聚会上的那个食客利用免费饮料占便宜。
用法提示：sponger 作名词，指占别人便宜的人，这里指在聚会上白吃白喝的人。
Nobody wants to be friends with a sponger who only calls when he needs money.
没人想和一个只在缺钱时打电话来的寄生虫做朋友。
用法提示：sponger 为名词，意为寄生虫、白食者，作 with 的宾语。
指以采集海绵为生的人。
The sponger collected sponges from the sea.
海绵采集者从海里采集海绵。
指依赖他人生活的人，通常带贬义。
He is nothing but a sponger on his friends.
他不过是个靠朋友养活的人。
最直接的同义替代，但较少单独使用
强调潜水采集，而非所有采集者都潜水
可能暗示使用船只或渔网，不够精确
grammar · medium
易错句子She spongers the dishes every day.
正确表达She sponges the dishes every day.
sponger是名词，意为'使用海绵擦拭的人'或'海绵采集者'，不能直接用作动词。动词形式应为sponge，意为'用海绵擦拭'。
grammar · medium
易错句子Spongers are marine animals.
正确表达Sponges are marine animals.
sponger指从事与海绵相关工作的人，如海绵采集者或使用海绵清洁的人；而海洋生物'海绵'的名词形式是sponge，不加-er。
parasite 既可指寄生生物，也可比喻依赖他人的人；sponger 只指人，不指生物。
freeloader 侧重在具体场合白占便宜、白吃白喝；sponger 更强调长期赖着别人养活。
sponge 可作名词指海绵或‘白吃白喝的人’，也可作动词表示揩油；sponger 只能作名词，指‘白吃白喝的人’。
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