pauper

FREQ #21495

n. 贫民, 靠救济度日者, 穷人, 乞丐 [法] 贫民, 穷人

发音

UK /ˈpɔː.pə/
US /ˈpɔ.pɚ/
CA /ˈpɑ.pɚ/
US /ˈpɑ.pɚ/
CA /ˈpɒ.pɚ/
US /ˈpɒ.pɚ/
AU /ˈpoː.pə/
NZ /ˈpoː.pə/

词形变化

paupers 复数 paupers paupered paupering paupers 三单 paupering 现在分词 paupered 过去式 paupered 过去分词

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is extremely poor.

    穷光蛋

    穷鬼

  2. 2.

    One living on or eligible for public charity.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty.

    及物

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

have-not

下位词 4

beggar derelict mendicant starveling

词源

Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.

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