| 正面 | 11994.beggar 英 ['begə]美 ['bɛɡɚ]     |
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| 背面 |      释义： 1. con- "together" + -tinu- + -e.2. => keep together, uninterrupted.3. dis- "not" + continue.n. 乞丐；穷人；家伙vt. 使贫穷；使沦为乞丐 例句： 1. He warned that lifting copyright restrictions could beggar the industry.他警告说解除版权限制会使这个行业一贫如洗。 beggar (n.)c. 1200, from Old French begart, originally a member of the Beghards, lay brothers of mendicants in the Low Countries, from Middle Dutch beggaert "mendicant," of uncertain origin, with pejorative suffix (see -ard). Compare Beguine. Early folk etymology connected the English word with bag. Form with -ar attested from 14c., but begger was more usual 15c.-17c. The feminine form beggestere is attested as a surname from c. 1300. Beggar's velvet was an old name for "dust bunnies." "Beggers should be no choosers" is in Heywood (1562).beggar (v.)"reduce to poverty," mid-15c., from beggar (n.). Related: Beggared; beggaring. Figurative use by 1640s." |