单词 | begging bowl |
释义 | begging bowlWord family nounbeggarbeggardombeggarlinessbeggarybeggingbegging bowladjectivebeggarlyadverbbegginglyverbbeg ˈbegging ˌbowl noun [countableC] 1 used to talk about a request for money made by an organization or country 〔机构或国家的〕求乞,求援,求助 Arts and theatre groups are constantly thrusting the begging bowl at the government. 艺术和戏剧团体经常伸手向政府要钱。 2. a container that a beggar holds out to people for money 行乞碗,讨饭碗 Examples from the Corpus begging bowl• As a school we did not want to be seen as constantly rolling out the begging bowl.• But there was more to it than coming out with the begging bowl because of a particular crisis. |
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