late 14c., from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans) present participle of mendicare "to beg, ask alms," from mendicus "beggar," originally "cripple" (connection via cripples who must beg), from menda "fault, physical defect" (see mendacious). As an adjective from 1540s. Also in Middle English was mendinant (mid-14c.), from Old French mendinant, present participle of mendiner "to beg," from the same Latin source.
mendicant (n.)
"a beggar," mid-15c., from mendicant (adj.) or from Latin mendicantem (nominative mendicans), noun use of present participle of mendicare.
mendicant 英文释义
1. a male member of a religious order that originally relied soley on alms
2. a pauper who lives by begging
mendicant 双语例句
1. He seemed not an ordinary mendicant.
他好象不是寻常的乞丐。
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2. 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.
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3. 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.
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4. Then the mendicant did it.
接着乞丐就做了倒立.
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5. A fifth order, the Servites, founded in 1233, was acknowledged as mendicant order in 1424.
第五一声令下, servites, 成立于1233年, 被认定为乞讨,以便在1424年.
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mendicant 实用场景例句
A fifth order, the Servites, founded in 1233, was acknowledged as mendicant order in 1424.
第五一声令下, servites, 成立于1233年, 被认定为乞讨,以便在1424年.
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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.
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Yes, yes, I know you, modest mendicant , you ask for all that one has.
是了, 是了, 我懂得你, 谦卑的乞丐, 你是乞求一个人的一切所有.
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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.
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A hindu ascetic or religious mendicant, especially one who performs feats of magic or endurance.
托钵僧印度教的禁欲主义者或托钵僧, 尤指具有非凡的技艺和忍耐力的.
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They saw him slouch forward after breakfast, and, like a mendicant, with outstretched, a sailor.
早餐之后,他们看到那人懒散地游荡着, 而且像一个叫花子那样伸出手去向水手乞讨.
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They saw him slouch forward after breakfast , and, a mendicant, with outstretched palm, accost a sailor.
