Word · Frequency #22434
vagabonds
流浪者;漂泊者
vagabonds is the plural of vagabond.
a person who wanders from place to place and has no fixed home or means of support
- 1.
A person on a trip of indeterminate destination and/or length of time.
进行不确定目的地或时长的旅行的人
- 2.
anything that resembles a vagabond in having no fixed place
类似于没有固定住所的流浪者
- 3.
One who usually wanders from place to place, having no fixed dwelling, or not abiding in it, and usually without the means of honest livelihood.
通常四处流浪、无固定住所或不在其中居住,且通常无正当谋生手段的人
- 4.
a wanderer who has no established residence or visible means of support
没有固定住所或明显生活来源的流浪者
无定所之物;漂泊不定的事物;进行不确定目的地或时长的旅行的人;类似于没有固定住所的流浪者;通常四处流浪、无固定住所或不在其中居住,且通常无正当谋生手段的人;没有固定住所或明显生活来源的流浪者
In use
The old vagabond carried all his belongings in a single worn backpack.
After years of traveling, she thought of herself as a carefree vagabond rather than a tourist.
A group of vagabonds camped by the river for one night before moving on.
pirate ships were vagabonds of the sea
Connections
Collocations
- a wandering vagabond
- 四处漂泊的流浪者
- The wandering vagabond asked for food at the farmhouse.那个四处漂泊的流浪者在农舍讨饭吃。
- a homeless vagabond
- 无家可归的流浪者
- A homeless vagabond slept under the bridge last night.一名无家可归的流浪者昨晚睡在桥下。
- live like a vagabond
- 像流浪者一样生活
- He left his job to live like a vagabond.他辞掉工作,像流浪者一样生活。
- a vagabond life
- 漂泊不定的生活
- She grew tired of the vagabond life on the road.她厌倦了在路上漂泊不定的生活。
Idioms & figurative uses
- a vagabond life
- 漂泊不定的生活;流浪生活He grew tired of a vagabond life and bought a small house.他厌倦了漂泊不定的生活,买了一所小房子。
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记vaga≈vague(模糊/不定)+bond(束缚):无固定束缚、行踪不定的人,即流浪者。
Context & Register
语域:formal 常见场景:文学叙事、正式书面语 在当代英语中,vagabond 比较常见于文学作品或正式书面语,指没有固定住所、四处漂泊的人;日常对话中通常用 drifter、homeless person 等更普通的词。
Grammar Note
可数名词,常用复数形式
Pronunciation & Spelling
Vagabond 的重音在第一个音节,最后的 -bond 不重读,因此没有常见词与它构成严格韵脚。下列词虽与 -bond/-ond 拼写相似(bond、fond、pond、respond),但发音中的 /ɑnd/ 是重读音节;vagrant 和 vague 虽有 vag- 拼写,但元音是 /eɪ/,与 /æ/ 不同。
Learn the forms together
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Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.