| 单词 | sponger |
| 释义 | sponger (once / 34969 pages) n WORD FAMILY sponger: spongers+/sponge: sponged, spongelike, sponger, sponges, sponging, spongy/spongy: spongier, spongily, sponginess USAGE EXAMPLESRight-wing populism is typically triadic, portraying the middle classes as squeezed between two outgroups, such as foreigners and welfare “spongers”. Economist(Dec 01, 2016) For once, food is doing something for us instead of being such a lazy sponger! Slate(Oct 12, 2015) Poor people receiving government benefits have been told far too often that they are spongers, when the rich get even more government benefits. The Guardian(Apr 05, 2013) 1n a workman employed to collect sponges Hyper working man, working person, workingman, workman an employee who performs manual or industrial labor 2n a follower who hangs around a host (without benefit to the host) in hope of gain or advantage Syn|Hyper leech, parasite, sponge follower a person who accepts the leadership of another |
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