Word · Frequency #16730
vagrant
流浪汉；乞丐；无业游民
A person with no fixed home or regular work, often living by begging; a tramp or vagabond.
- 1.
A person without settled employment or habitation who usually supports himself or herself by begging or some dishonest means; a tramp, a vagabond.
没有固定工作或住所,通常靠乞讨或不诚实手段谋生的人；流浪汉,游民
- 2.
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
- 3.
Any of species Vagrans egista of widely distributed Asian butteflies of the family Nymphalidae.
一种广泛分布于亚洲的蛱蝶科蝴蝶,学名为Vagrans egista。
流浪蛱蝶；没有固定工作或住所,通常靠乞讨或不诚实手段谋生的人；流浪汉,游民；没有固定住所或明显生活来源的流浪者；一种广泛分布于亚洲的蛱蝶科蝴蝶,学名为Vagrans egista。；流浪汉
In use
The old vagrant slept under the bridge near the river.
Police officers gave the vagrant a meal and directions to a shelter.
Many vagrants gather in the park when the weather is warm.
Connections
Collocations
- be arrested as a vagrant
- 以流浪罪被捕
- He was arrested as a vagrant for sleeping in the park.他因在公园睡觉而以流浪罪被捕。
- a group of vagrants
- 一群流浪汉
- A group of vagrants often gathers near the railway station.一群流浪汉经常聚集在火车站附近。
- vagrants and beggars
- 流浪汉和乞丐
- The streets are filled with vagrants and beggars.街上到处都是流浪汉和乞丐。
- a vagrant's life
- 流浪生活
- He chose a vagrant's life over a steady job.他选择了流浪生活而不是一份稳定的工作。
- a vagrant on the streets
- 街头流浪汉
- A vagrant on the streets asked me for spare change.一个街头流浪汉向我要零钱。
- a shelter for vagrants
Learner notes
Memory Tip
记忆：vagrant开头的vag发音同vague（模糊），流浪汉前途模糊，只能在街头流浪。
Context & Register
语域：formal 常见场景：legal documents、news reports、literary texts 这个词多用于正式语体，如法律文件、新闻报道和文学创作中；日常口语中通常使用“homeless person”等更通俗的说法。
Grammar Note
可数名词
Pronunciation & Spelling
真正与 /ˈveɪɡrənt/ 押韵的是 flagrant /ˈfleɪɡrənt/ 和 fragrant /ˈfreɪɡrənt/（/eɪɡrənt/）。注意：migrant /ˈmaɪɡrənt/ 与 grant /ɡrænt/ 虽也以 -grant 结尾，但元音不同，读音并不押韵。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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