cadge
英 [kædʒ]
美 [kædʒ]
- vi. 乞討；騙得白食；行乞；販賣
- vt. 乞討；行乞；販賣
- n. (Cadge)人名；(英)卡奇
助記提示
cadge：揩之。揩他的油——占便宜；乞討也是要占施主的便宜——乞討。
中文詞源
cadge 乞討詞源同codger, 乞丐。可能來自cage, 原指流浪的賣鳥人。
英文詞源
- cadge (v.)
- "to beg" (1812), "to get by begging" (1848), of uncertain origin, perhaps a back-formation from cadger "itinerant dealer with a pack-horse," mid-15c., which is perhaps from early 14c. cadge "to fasten, to tie," which is of unknown origin.
雙語例句
- 1. Can I cadge a cigarette?
- 能不能給我支煙？
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He could cadge a ride from somebody.
- 他可以請求別人搭他一程。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. I managed to cadge some money off my dad.
- 我設法從我父親那裏要了一些錢。
來自《權威詞典》
- 4. I managed to cadge a ride with a lorry driver.
- 我求一個卡車司機免費載了我一程.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Homeless people forced to cadge in subway stations.
- 無家可歸的人們被迫在地鐵站裏乞討。
來自辭典例句