mendicant是什么意思？

mendicant

英[ˈmendɪkənt] 美[ˈmɛndɪkənt]

• adj. 行乞的，（指男修士）托钵僧的；
• n. 乞丐，托钵僧；

例句

• a mendicant Buddhist monk 化缘和尚
• a mendicant friar 托钵僧
• A member of a usually mendicant Roman Catholic order. 托钵修会修士常化缘的罗马天主教会成员.
• This dear little naked mendicant pretends to be utterly helpless. 这可爱的赤裸的乞儿,假装全然无助.
• He seemed not an ordinary mendicant. 他好象不是寻常的乞丐。

英汉词典释义

• n.
  乞丐；托钵僧
  a mendicant friar 托钵僧 a mendicant Buddhist monk 化缘和尚

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
  2. a pauper who lives by begging
• Adjective
  1. practicing beggary;
  "mendicant friars"