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vagrant/ˈveiɡr(ə)nt/ n. & adj.●n. 1 a person without a settled home or regular work; a tramp 居无定所或无固定工作的人；流浪者；漂泊者 2 archaic a wanderer [古义]流浪汉；漫游者 3 a bird that has strayed from its normal range or migratory route; also called 亦称作 accidental 偏离了正常迁徙路线的鸟 ●adj. 1 characteristic of or relating to a vagrant or vagrancy 流浪(者)的；漂泊(者)的；游民的 2 wandering or roving 漫游的；徘徊的；浪迹天涯的 a vagrant musician 浪迹天涯的音乐家 3 literary random; occurring unpredictably [文学用语]随意的；游移不定的；无常的 vagrant inspiration 游移不定的灵感; vagrant discoveries 随意的发现 □ vagrancy n.□ vagrantly adv.[Middle English from Anglo-French vag(a)raunt, perhaps an alteration of Anglo-French wakerant etc. by association with Latin vagari ‘wander’] |