vagrant
/ˈveɪɡrənt/ (bre, ipa) · [vˈeɡrənt] /ˈveɪɡrənt/ (ame, ipa)
vagrant — noun
1. someone with no fixed home or regular work who travels from one place to another
someone with no fixed home or regular work who travels from one place to another, often living on the streets
The police found a vagrant sleeping on a bench near the old train station.
vagrant + sleeping in a public place
A vagrant asked Amina for spare change outside the bakery on Elm Street.
Dimitri noticed a vagrant huddled in the doorway during the heavy snowstorm.
The shopkeeper always gave leftover bread to the vagrant who sat by the fountain.
The council opened a new shelter to help vagrants during the coldest winter months.
- homeless person
broader term; does not imply travelling from place to place
- drifter
focuses on movement; does not always suggest extreme poverty
- tramp
informal and dated; can sound disapproving
- beggar
specifically someone who asks others for money; a vagrant may not beg
文法句型
vagrant + sleeping/begging in a public place
用法筆記
Frequently used in legal and news reporting. More formal than 'homeless person' and always implies movement from place to place.