cadge

英 [kædʒ] 美 [kædʒ]

• v. 乞讨；（无缘故地）索要

英英释义

Verb:

1. ask for and get free; be a parasite

2. obtain or seek to obtain by cadging or wheedling;

   "he is always shnorring cigarettes from his friends"
   

例句

用作动词 (v.)

1. Homeless people forced to cadge in subway stations.
   无家可归的人们被迫在地铁站里乞讨。
2. May I cadge a cigarette from you?
   我可以向你要支香烟吗?
3. Could I cadge a lift with you?
   我能顺便坐你的汽车吗?
4. He's always cadging meals from his friends.
   他总吃朋友的便宜饭。
5. I managed to cadge some money off my dad.
   我设法从我父亲那里要了一些钱。

经典引文

• So caged and cadged.

  出自： T. Roethke

近反义词

【近义词】

• mooch 乞讨
• scrounge 四处搜寻
• sponge 海绵
• wheedle (以甜言蜜语)诱惑...
• freeload 吃白食
• beg 恳求
• shnorr 行乞
• schnorr 行乞
• grub [动]蛆
• bum 流浪汉