English Dictionary

beachcomber

名詞

(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others. / Any loafer around a waterfront. / A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.

日本語の意味

1. 働きたがらず、港に居座って他人の慈善に頼る船乗りや海上関係者。 / 2. 海辺（ウォーターフロント）に居座る怠け者。 / 3. 海岸で漂着物や海洋の残骸を回収する人。

The beachcomber was known around the docks for refusing work and living off the charity of others.

仕事をせず港にたむろして他人の施しで暮らす船乗りは、波止場で有名だった。

意味（1）

(nautical) A seaman who is not prepared to work but hangs around port areas living off the charity of others.

The society of beach-combers always repays the small pains you need be at to enjoy it. They are easy of approach and affable in conversation.

意味（2）

Any loafer around a waterfront.

意味（3）

A person who collects marine salvage at the coast.

Now and again a wreck was to be seen, or a vessel left lonely and sad on a reef, her rigging dismantled and only waiting for beachcombers to come and break her up for the sake of her timber and old iron.

意味（4）

A long rolling wave of the sea.

beachcombers （ plural ）