单词 | vagrant |
释义 | va·grant (vāgrənt) n. 1. a. One who wanders from place to place without a permanent home or a means of livelihood. b. Archaic A wanderer; a rover. 2. One who lives on the streets or constitutes a public nuisance. 3. An animal occurring beyond its normal range; an accidental. adj. 1. Wandering from place to place and lacking any means of support. 2. Living on the streets or constituting a public nuisance. 3. Inconstant or capricious; wayward: "She was resolved to win my vagrant fancy" (Frank Harris). 4. Moving in a random fashion; having no fixed direction or pattern: vagrant ice floes; a vagrant aroma. 5. Being beyond its normal range; accidental. Used of animals. [Middle English vagraunt, probably alteration of Old French wacrant, present participle of wacrer, to wander, of Germanic origin.] vagrant·ly adv. |
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