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beggar
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural beggars
plural beggars
Learner's definition of BEGGAR
[count]
1
: a person who lives by begging for money, food, etc.乞丐；叫花子
2
British, informal : a person who is regarded as lucky, unlucky, lazy, etc.家伙
- I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar!我听说你赢了比赛！你这个幸运的家伙！
- He's a lazy beggar.他是个懒汉。
beggars can't be choosers
◊ The saying beggars can't be choosers means that people who need something must be satisfied with whatever they get even if it is not exactly what they wanted.要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦
2 beggar /ˈbɛgɚ/ verb
beggars; beggared; beggaring
2 beggar
/ˈbɛgɚ/
verb
beggars; beggared; beggaring
Learner's definition of BEGGAR
[+ object]
1
formal : to make (someone or something) very poor使贫穷；使匮乏
- Years of civil war had beggared the country.连年内战使国家贫困不堪。
2
chiefly British — used in the phrases beggar belief and beggar description to talk about something that is very difficult to believe or describe难以相信；无法形容
- It almost beggars belief [=it is very hard to believe] that anyone can be so cruel.真是难以置信，竟有人会如此残忍。
- a plot so complex that it beggars description难以形容的复杂情节
Synonyms
Example Sentences
Noun I heard you won the contest! You lucky beggar! the pitiful beggars that are such a common sight in underdeveloped countries Verb Years of civil war had beggared the country.
Recent Examples on the Web
Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 The last symbol a dim garden over-run With Roman beggar-ticks. Sarah Blackwood, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022 Another word for a beggar is a ‘panhandler,’ although both terms are vaguely offensive. Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021 By situating—or isolating—words, phrases, and sentences in unexpected ways, Jacob gives a surprising weight and importance to a key, a ragpicker, a group of smiling men, three mushrooms, or a Neapolitan beggar. Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021 Lakshmi did not come to San Antonio, so Torres brought a taste of the city to the show, cooking a popular dish from Mixtli’s wide-ranging Mexican repertoire: green chile pork in a corn-flour beggar’s purse. Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 June 2020 But their games last night devolved into dissertations on solo play while the other starters hung around the 3-point line like beggars hoping to cadge quarters from the stars. Michael Powell, New York Times, 15 May 2018 The next sticky seed source that will show up is beggar’s lice. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 In 1924, David-Néel disguised herself as a beggar and made her way to the holy city of Lhasa, which at the time, was forbidden to foreigners. Born in 1868, David-Néel’s adventurous spirit was unheard of for a woman. Mélissa Godin, Time, 28 Feb. 2020 New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019 This, given the popularity of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, beggars belief. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019 His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season. SI.com, 12 June 2019 Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief. John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018 To imagine that a country with an economy smaller than Canada’s or Italy’s could leverage a superpower ten times wealthier beggared the imagination. Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 May 2018 And both seek a way out, though nothing could be less virtual, or more beggared of thrills, than the path that Charley chooses. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018 The prescience of this story, intended as satire in the mid-’70s and all too real in 2018 America, beggars belief. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018 Cousins was having his best season as a pro, putting up stat lines that beggared belief, fusing brilliantly with fellow All-Star big man Anthony Davis, and likely leading the Pelicans to a playoff berth. Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018 See More
Noun
The crowd includes a businessman, a construction worker, a mother and child, a beggar crouched with a cup and a young man passing him change. Harrison Smith, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 The last symbol a dim garden over-run With Roman beggar-ticks. Sarah Blackwood, The New Republic, 6 Jan. 2022 Another word for a beggar is a ‘panhandler,’ although both terms are vaguely offensive. Stephen Miller, WSJ, 11 Oct. 2021 By situating—or isolating—words, phrases, and sentences in unexpected ways, Jacob gives a surprising weight and importance to a key, a ragpicker, a group of smiling men, three mushrooms, or a Neapolitan beggar. Jed Perl, The New York Review of Books, 25 Feb. 2021 Lakshmi did not come to San Antonio, so Torres brought a taste of the city to the show, cooking a popular dish from Mixtli’s wide-ranging Mexican repertoire: green chile pork in a corn-flour beggar’s purse. Mike Sutter, ExpressNews.com, 15 June 2020 But their games last night devolved into dissertations on solo play while the other starters hung around the 3-point line like beggars hoping to cadge quarters from the stars. Michael Powell, New York Times, 15 May 2018 The next sticky seed source that will show up is beggar’s lice. Calvin Finch, ExpressNews.com, 26 Mar. 2020 In 1924, David-Néel disguised herself as a beggar and made her way to the holy city of Lhasa, which at the time, was forbidden to foreigners. Born in 1868, David-Néel’s adventurous spirit was unheard of for a woman. Mélissa Godin, Time, 28 Feb. 2020 Verb
Iraq entered a long, grueling period of international sanctions that beggared its once robust middle class. New York Times, 31 Dec. 2019 This, given the popularity of Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders, beggars belief. Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 15 Aug. 2019 His cat like reflex saves often beggared belief, and he was voted Player of the Year at the conclusion of the 2001/02 season. SI.com, 12 June 2019 Summer is made of stories: fiction that seems true, and true stories that beggar belief. John Timpane, Philly.com, 2 June 2018 To imagine that a country with an economy smaller than Canada’s or Italy’s could leverage a superpower ten times wealthier beggared the imagination. Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, 8 May 2018 And both seek a way out, though nothing could be less virtual, or more beggared of thrills, than the path that Charley chooses. Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2018 The prescience of this story, intended as satire in the mid-’70s and all too real in 2018 America, beggars belief. Hamish Bowles, Vogue, 23 Feb. 2018 Cousins was having his best season as a pro, putting up stat lines that beggared belief, fusing brilliantly with fellow All-Star big man Anthony Davis, and likely leading the Pelicans to a playoff berth. Nathaniel Friedman, GQ, 30 Jan. 2018 See More Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English beggere, beggare, from beggen "to beg entry 1" + -ere, -are -er entry 2
Verb
Middle English beggeren, verbal derivative of beggere beggar entry 1
First Known Use
Noun
13th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Time Traveler
The first known use of beggar was in the 13th century Phrases Containing beggar
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