beggar
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++beg·gar1 /ˈbeɡə $ -ər/ ●○○ noun [countable] 1 SSPOORsomeone who lives by asking people for food and money 乞丐，叫花子 the beggars on the streets 街头乞丐2 lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British English spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like 幸运/懒惰/无礼等的家伙〔用于称呼或谈及喜欢的人〕 ‘How’s Dave?’ ‘The lucky beggar’s in the South of France!’ “戴夫好吗？”“这个幸运的家伙正在法国南部呢！”3. beggars can’t be choosers ACCEPTused to say that, when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given 要饭的哪能挑肥拣瘦，要饭就不能嫌馊
Examples from the Corpus
beggar• Without clothes, under his first blanket, he could have been the child of a king or a beggar.• A beggar lad showed us the house in a dank, narrow alleyway where Mistress Hopkins lived.• You can give beggars vouchers for food instead of cash.• Rome had probably more than the average number of beggars.• When Eumaeus came back he found the old beggar he had left.• I imagined the beggar from the London streets sitting with the old woman Khadija in my village.• The young beggar took the money wetted his finger and carefully counted the bills-twice.beggar2 verb [transitive] 1 beggar description/belief IMPOSSIBLEif something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it 无法形容/相信 They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief. 他们连常识都不懂，让人没法相信。2 POOR literary to make someone very poor 使变穷，使贫穷 Why should he beggar himself for you? 他为什么要为你受穷呢？→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
beggar• The thought of la belle dame de Bruges coming out with such stuff beggars belief.• In Gravity's Rainbow, conspiracies proliferate to such an extent that they beggar description.• The vast panorama of teeming Life and Creation opened up to us through the teachings of Esotericism beggars human thought.• Floods combined with falling prices to beggar whole communities of farmers.beg·gar1 nounbeggar2 verbChineseSyllable
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beggar
beg‧gar1 /ˈbeɡə $ -ər/ 
noun [countable]
1. someone who lives by asking people for food and money:
the beggars on the streets
2. lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British English spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like:
‘How’s Dave?’ ‘The lucky beggar’s in the South of France!’
3. beggars can’t be choosers used to say that, when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given
beggar2 verb [transitive]
1. beggar description/belief if something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it:
They showed a lack of common sense that beggars belief.
2. literary to make someone very poor:
Why should he beggar himself for you?
| I |
noun [countable]1. someone who lives by asking people for food and money:
2. lucky/lazy/cheeky etc beggar British English spoken used when speaking to or about someone you like:
3. beggars can’t be choosers used to say that, when you have no money or no power to choose, you have to accept whatever you are given
| II |
verb [transitive]1. beggar description/belief if something beggars description or belief, it is impossible to describe or believe it:
2. literary to make someone very poor:
