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.
雙語例句
1. The company put on a play about the homeless.
這家劇團上演了一出講述無家可歸者的戲。
來自柯林斯例句
2. There are those, you know, who, by circumstance, end up homeless.
您知道，會有那么一些人，因為命運捉弄而落得無家可歸。
來自柯林斯例句
3. He's not exactly homeless, he just hangs out in this park.
確切來說他并不算是無家可歸，他只是老在這個公園里轉悠。
來自柯林斯例句
4. They'd soon be penniless and homeless if she couldn't find suitable work.
她要找不到合適的工作，他們很快就會身無分文，無家可歸。
來自柯林斯例句
5. For the homeless, private medical care is simply out of the question.