| 词汇 | mendicant |
| 释义 | mendicant noun[ C ] formaluk /ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/ us /ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/ someone, especially a member of a religious group, who lives by asking people they do not know for money: 乞丐;（尤指）托钵僧 She abandoned her job and her career, and lived as a homeless mendicant on the streets of Philadelphia. Homelessness bag lady be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom couch surf couchsurfing derelict doss dumping ground homeless homelessness hostel housing benefit mendicancy sofa-surf sofa-surfing soup kitchen street street child vagrancy waif waifs and straysidiom mendicant adjective formaluk /ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/ us /ˈmen.dɪ.kənt/ relating to a mendicant or to the religious group they belong to, or to someone who lives in a similar way: Vagrant and mendicant priests of every denomination had flocked into the city. Male members of the mendicant orders also acted as nurses in the Middle Ages. He turned to a life as a mendicant preacher. The paintings were once used by mendicant monks as a preaching aid. Religious people: monks & nuns abbess abbey abbot anchorite ascetic benedictine Franciscan friar friary habit hermit lay brother monastically monasticism monk mother novice priory Trappist monk veil |
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