homeless

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a. 无家的, 无养主的

发音

US /ˈhoʊmlɪs/
US /ˈhoʊmləs/

词形变化

homelesses 复数 homelesses

教材释义与例句

形容词

无家可归的

形容词

无家可归的人

形容词

无家可归

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A person who is homeless.

    冒犯

    Oszlár Kálmán András, Yoga in the Bed: Tantric Continence & Spiritual Intimacy […] the jobseekers and homelesses or even the future prime minister, all of us are involved in formation of the new world.

adj. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Lacking a permanent place of residence.

    无家可归

    露宿街头

    Whenever I pass the park, I see the homeless people sleeping on the benches.

  2. 2.

    Containing no place that might be called home.

词汇关系

名词

上位词 2

poor unfortunate

下位词 1

bag lady
形容词

同义词 3

dispossessed stateless roofless

近义相关 2

unfortunate unsettled

相关短语

homeless shelter homeless dumping homeless shelters politically homeless

词源

From Middle English *homles, *hamles, from Old English hāmlēas (“homeless”), equivalent to home + -less. Cognate with Dutch heemloos, Danish hjemløs (“homeless”), Swedish hemlös (“homeless”). Compare also German heimatlos (“homeless”), Icelandic heimilislaus (“homeless”), West Frisian dakleas (“homeless”, literally “having no roof, roofless”).

来源：wiktionary