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freeload

/free-lohd, -lohd/US // ˈfriˈloʊd, -ˌloʊd //UK // (ˈfriːˌləʊd) //

自由职业者,自由放任,免费提供,自由放纵

Related Words

chisel凿子,凿岩,凿开,凿scrounge搜刮,搜集,搜集整理,搜集物品sponge海棉,海綿,海绵bum乞丐,乞讨者,乞讨,乞食者cadge寅吃卯粮,寅恪,缓存,狡辩leech水蛭,蛭子,蛭,蚂蟥mooch揩油,揩油的人,揩油者,揩油的

Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    Informal.

    • : to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to get by freeloading: He freeloaded several meals a week.

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbtake advantage
Forms: freeloading
Synonyms
bum乞丐,乞讨者,乞讨,乞食者cadge寅吃卯粮,寅恪,缓存,狡辩chisel凿子,凿岩,凿开,凿leech水蛭,蛭子,蛭,蚂蟥mooch揩油,揩油的人,揩油者,揩油的scrounge搜刮,搜集,搜集整理,搜集物品sponge海棉,海綿,海绵live off others傍人篱下,傍大款,傍人子,傍人门户

Examples

  • The implication is that the benefit has allowed those who worked in restaurants before the pandemic and were thrown out of work to basically freeload on federal assistance even though businesses are reopening across the country.

  • Hordes of relatives and political favor seekers were in mortal peril if they arrived to freeload after dark.

  • He found himself breathing heavily, despite the freeload conditions.

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