A vagrant is a person with no home and no job, who moves from place to place and often has to beg for money or food. The word is old and it carries a cold, official tone — it is the word a policeman, a judge or a nineteenth-century newspaper would use.

A vagrant is a person with no home and no jobvagrant 是指沒有家、沒有工作的人, who moves from place to place四處流浪 and often has to beg for money or food常常得靠乞討錢或食物過活。 The word is old and it carries a cold, official tone這個字很老舊，帶有一種冷冰冰的官方語氣 — it is the word a policeman, a judge or a nineteenth-century newspaper would use是警察、法官，或十九世紀報紙會用的字。

Under it sits a quiet judgement: that this person is not just unlucky but somehow a nuisance, someone who ought to move along. That is why careful speakers today say 'homeless person' instead, and why you will notice 'vagrant' mostly in old novels, court records and history.

Under it sits a quiet judgement這個字底下藏著一種無聲的評價: that this person is not just unlucky but somehow a nuisance覺得這個人不只是運氣不好，而是個麻煩, someone who ought to move along是個應該被趕走、該離開的人。 That is why careful speakers today say 'homeless person' instead這就是為什麼現在講究用字的人會改說「homeless person」（街友）, and why you will notice 'vagrant' mostly in old novels, court records and history也是為什麼你大多是在舊小說、法庭紀錄和歷史裡看到 'vagrant'。

There is also an adjective 'vagrant', meaning wandering, with no fixed direction — and here the feeling changes completely. 'A vagrant breeze', 'vagrant thoughts': in writing, this use is gentle, even pretty. Same word, two very different temperatures, and which one you get depends entirely on whether it is describing a person or a thing.

There is also an adjective 'vagrant'還有一個形容詞的 'vagrant', meaning wandering, with no fixed direction意思是四處遊走、沒有固定方向 — and here the feeling changes completely而這裡的語感完全不一樣了。 'A vagrant breeze', 'vagrant thoughts'像 'a vagrant breeze'（飄忽的微風）、'vagrant thoughts'（飄忽的思緒）: in writing, this use is gentle, even pretty在文章裡這種用法很柔和，甚至帶點美感。 Same word, two very different temperatures同一個字，卻有兩種完全不同的溫度, and which one you get depends entirely on whether it is describing a person or a thing而你遇到哪一種，完全取決於它是在形容人還是形容事物。

Bird-watchers have a third use of their own: a 'vagrant' bird is one that has been blown far off its normal route and turns up somewhere it should not be.

Bird-watchers have a third use of their own賞鳥的人還有自己的第三種用法: a 'vagrant' bird is one that has been blown far off its normal routea 'vagrant' bird（迷鳥）是指被風吹得遠遠偏離正常路線的鳥 and turns up somewhere it should not be出現在牠原本不該出現的地方。