pauper

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义
英 /ˈpɔː.pə/    美 /ˈpɔ.pɚ/|/ˈpɑ.pɚ/|/ˈpɒ.pɚ/|/ˈpoː.pə/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who is extremely poor.
    — He has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, and he lives like a pauper!
  2. One living on or eligible for public charity.
动词 v.
  1. To make a pauper of; to drive into poverty. transitive
    — “There’s no sense in you paupering yourself because you’re too stubborn to take my money.” ¶ “I’m not paupering myself.”

词形变化

paupers plural paupers present,singular,third-person paupering participle,present paupered participle,past paupered past

词汇关系

近义词
bankrupt beggar indigent insolvent have not lack-all Lazarus pauper penny-father poor
反义词
moneybags plutocrat tycoon
上位词
person
下位词
chav dole bludger welfare bum welfare parasite welfare queen
衍生词
dispauper pauperdom pauperess pauperism pauperize pauper's funeral pauper's grave
相关词
depauperate pauci- vagabond impoverished poverty

词源

词源 1
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
词源 2
Learned borrowing from Latin pauper (“poor”). Originally a legal term. Doublet of poor.
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