beggary

n. 赤贫, 行乞

发音

US /ˈbɛɡəɹi/

词形变化

beggaries 复数 beggaries more beggary 比较级 most beggary 最高级

别名

beggery begry

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The state of a beggar; indigence, extreme poverty.

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    1782, Frances Burney, Cecilia, London: T. Payne & Son and T. Cadell, Volume I, Book I, Chapter 9, p. 128, […] she does not come hither as a beggar, however well the state of beggary may accord with her poverty: she only sollicits the payment of a bill […]

  2. 2.

    The fact or action of begging.

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  3. 3.

    Beggarly appearance.

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adj.
  1. 1.

    beggarly

    废旧

    early 1600s, Beaumont and Fletcher (attributed), The Nice Valour, Act V, Scene 3, in The Works of Mr. Francis Beaumont, and Mr. John Fletcher, London: J. & R. Tonson and S. Draper, 1750, Volume 10, p. 359, This is Love’s beggary right, that now is ours, When Ladies love, and cannot shew their Powers.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

begging mendicancy mendicity

上位词 6

need solicitation penury indigence pauperism pauperization

词源

From beggar + -y.

来源：wiktionary