1610s, from home (n.) + -less. Old English had hamleas, but the modern word probably is a new formation. As a noun meaning "homeless persons," by 1857.
双语例句
1. The company put on a play about the homeless.
这家剧团上演了一出讲述无家可归者的戏。
来自柯林斯例句
2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道，会有那么一些人，因为命运捉弄而落得无家可归。
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3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.
确切来说他并不算是无家可归，他只是老在这个公园里转悠。
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4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合适的工作，他们很快就会身无分文，无家可归。
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5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.
