| 释义 |
deadbeat /dedbiːt/ noun [countable] (name) (informal) a person or company that tries to avoid paying money that they owe 赖账者；不讲信用的公司◆we keep a database on deadbeats who pass bad checks. 我们保存着一个数据库记录那些使用空头支票的赖账者。☞ deadbeatdeadbeat/dedbi:t ||; ˈdɛdˌbit/noun [c] (informal 非正式) 1. (especially us 尤为美) a lazy person; a person with no job and no money, who is not part of normal society 懒人；二流子 2. (us 美) a person who tries to avoid paying money that he/she owes 赖账者 3. (us 美) (also ˌdeadbeat ˈdad) a father who does not live with his children and does not pay his ex-wife any money to take care of them (child support) 拖欠子女抚养费的父亲 |