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street people

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Sociology
ˈstreet ˌpeople noun [plural]  SSHOME#people who have no home and live on the streets 无家可归的人,露宿街头的人 SYN the homeless
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street peopleSidewalks were more crowded, there were more street people, traffic felt more chaotic than when I had left.In one street people were hand-making bicycles out of tubing, welding the bits together and then painting them.It also functions as the mission control centre for the city's street people.Since the building had been empty when the charge went, the street people had taken the casualties.The street people who pose in his paintings live for ever, and he intended it that way.
ˈstreet ˌpeople nounChineseSyllable
on the and live home Corpus streets who have no people


street people
ˈstreet ˌpeople noun [plural]
people who have no home and live on the streets
   SYN  the homeless


street peopleBrE /ˈstriːt piːpl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstriːt piːpl/ 🔊 noun (especially NAmE) people who have no home and who live outside in a town (城市)无家可归者 SYN homeless