| 单词 | scrounger |
| 释义 | scrounger (once / 251475 pages) n WORD FAMILY scrounger: scroungers+/scrounge: scrounged, scrounger, scrounges, scrounging USAGE EXAMPLESEchoes of these stigmatizing judgements remain powerful today — as evidenced by narratives around 'benefit scroungers' and 'white trash'2. Nature(Sep 20, 2016) Squires said people on benefits were depicted as "scroungers". Reuters(May 13, 2016) The chancellor has, it is true, sometimes nurtured this image, characterising welfare claimants as lazy scroungers, for example. Economist(Nov 26, 2015) n someone who mooches or cadges (tries to get something free) Syn|Hypo|Hyper cadger, mooch, moocher schnorrer, shnorrer (Yiddish) a scrounger who takes advantage of the generosity of others beggar, mendicant a pauper who lives by begging |
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