scrounger
たかり屋
解説 Definition
他人からお金や物をもらおうとする人。懇願や頼み込みを通じて必要なものを手に入れようとする者。
A scrounger is a person who tries to get things from other people for free, often by asking again and again. It usually suggests someone who depends on others instead of making their own effort. This word is informal and clearly negative.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
まず動詞 scrounge を核にして覚えると残りやすいです。-er は「その行為をする人」なので、scrounger は「scrounge する人」。文脈では scrounge money, scrounge a meal, scrounge cigarettes のように、人に頼って何とか手に入れる場面が多く出ます。beggar が単に物乞いなら、scrounger はもっと日常的に他人にたかる・ちゃっかり借りる感じ。freeloader や moocher と近く、「いつも人の好意に乗る人」と結びつけると定着します。
Build it from the verb `scrounge`, then add `-er` for the person who does it. A `scrounger` is someone who is always trying to get money, food, or small things from other people. Remember common phrases like `scrounge money` or `scrounge a meal`. It is close to `moocher` or `freeloader`, which gives a good memory link.
例文
He was known as a scrounger who always asked for money.
彼はいつもお金を求めるたかり屋として知られていた。
That scrounger tried to beg cigarettes from everyone at the party.
そのたかり屋はパーティーにいた皆にたばこをせびろうとしていた。
Don't be a scrounger; earn your own living.
たかり屋になるな。自分で生計を立てよ。
scrounger の類義語・関連語
scrounger の語源・成り立ち Etymology
scrounger は20世紀初頭の英語 scrounge「こっそり探す・ただでせしめる」に、行為者を表す接尾辞 -er が付いた語です。scrounge 自体は英語方言 scrunge や scringe にさかのぼるとされ、こそこそ漁って得る感じから「たかり屋」の意味になりました。関連語は scrounge、scrounging。
Scrounger comes from scrounge + the agent suffix -er. Scrounge appeared in early 20th-century English and is thought to go back to dialect forms like scrunge or scringe, which suggested searching around in a sneaky or rough way. From the idea of getting things by poking around or begging, it developed into the sense of a person who lives off others. Related words include scrounge and scrounging.
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