| 单词 | rough sleeper |
| 释义 | > as lemmasrough sleeper rough sleeper n. (a) British a person who sleeps without adequate shelter, esp. on the streets of a town or city; a homeless person (cf. to sleep rough at rough adv. Phrases 1); (b) a person who sleeps fitfully, one who tosses and turns during sleep (now rare). ΚΠ 1925 R. Macaulay Casual Comm. 160 It's quite true, sir, that he's a rough sleeper. Hasn't slept in a bed since I've known him. 1935 H. Pollitt in J. Bell We did not Fight 271 My landlady..expressed surprise that my mattress seemed to vary in size from day to day, and ‘that I must be a rough sleeper, as it was so bumpy’. 1945 Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 5 Mar. 7/2 I like plenty of room. I'm a rough sleeper..and I snore. 1966 Social Casualties '66 4 The peripatetic and floating sub-world of Skid Row—the rough sleepers, the crude spirit drinkers, [etc.]. 2001 B. Broady In this Block there lives Slag 160 We passed through Theatreland... At the front of the house four rough sleepers lay, each under his own critical notice. < as lemmas |
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