homeless
英['həʊmlɪs]
美['homləs]
词态变化
名词: homelessness;
英文词源
- homeless (adj.)
- 1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas, but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857.
双语例句
- 1. The company put on a play about the homeless.
- 这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
- 您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.
- 确切来说他并不算是无家可归，他只是老在这个公园里转悠。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
- 她要找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文，无家可归。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.
- 对于无家可归的人而言，私人医疗纯粹是天方夜谭。
来自柯林斯例句