| 词汇 | vagabond |
| 释义 | vagabond noun[ C ] old use or literaryuk /ˈvæɡ.ə.bɒnd/ us /ˈvæɡ.ə.bɑːnd/ a person who has no home and usually no job, and who travels from place to place: 流浪者;（通常指）无业游民 They live a vagabond life/existence, travelling around in a caravan.他们开着大篷车四处漂泊过活。 Compare vagrantformal or specialized Homelessness bag lady be of/have no fixed abode/addressidiom couch surf couchsurfing derelict doss dumping ground homeless homelessness hostel housing benefit mendicancy rough sleeping sofa-surf sofa-surfing soup kitchen street vagrancy waif waifs and straysidiom You can also find related words, phrases, and synonyms in the topics: Unemployment Examples of vagabondvagabond They were not always distinguishable from vagabonds and ordinary travellers. Workers were regarded as distinct from vagabonds and the state abolished truck for most industrial workers, instead of granting special dispensations for certain groups. All those without the laissez-passer were designated ' vagabonds ', but the requirement of the laissez-passer did little to curtail illegal movement. Protection was therefore extended to many industrial workers, who by virtue of their employment were not vagabonds and thus deserved legislative defense from truck. There was an essentially moral and symbolic motive behind the punishment of vagabonds. This was our sole reference point as we were vagabonds not tied economically to, or dependent on, any country. As the economy industrialized, social ideology began to reclassify the less well off into the industrious poor and vagabonds. As a rootless vagabond, he had no allegiances or obligations. In some respects, the vagabond may also be seen as country cousin to the ^ metropolitan flaneur. No punishment can be too severe for such vagabonds and scamps that are in our towns and cities everywhere. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We always knew that they were rascals, twisters, vagabonds and rogues. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is not so long ago since actors were classified as rogues and vagabonds. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The lawyers, vagabonds that they are, made out that case for the employers. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 It is a myth that these refuges serve only vagabonds who enjoy a life on the open road. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The urbanised social vagabond that we have built up, meandering over our untidy, motorised, noisy, horribly advertised streets, is on the increase. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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