Very often we encounter difficulties in defining certain words, especially if the word is an abbreviation or borrowing from another language. For example, not everyone knows what a scourge is.
Meaning of the word in Russian
The word is ambiguous. It can be used in relation to any person. The decoding of the word is "former intelligent person." Initially, it was supposed to denote precisely the person who has education, is intelligent and well-mannered, but for some reason decided to "go into the people," that is, to become unemployed, homeless and free.
Most often, such people get drunk, but at the same time do not lose their "intelligence". However, now it is usually used for any homeless person, a poor drunkard, a homeless person, etc. In this case, the word "scourge" can also act as an insult.
Very often this word is found in literary works, poems, in political speeches. The meaning of the word scourge in this case is that which causes any disaster. Or it’s disaster itself, a punishment. This word has a high stylistic coloring (dictionaries usually indicate "book" or "high").
The third meaning of the word is a whip or a whip for punishment. Starting from Ancient Greece and Rome, such a tool was used to punish runaway slaves, criminals, and thieves. The beach was made of ropes or branches, it was not very thick. A certain number of strokes was assigned. The mention of such a whip is still in the Bible.
Possible phrases with this word
In the first meaning, such phrases can be formed: “he is a scourge”, “to be / become / become a scourge”, “turn into a scourge”.
In the second meaning: “the scourge of the people - alcoholism”, “the scourge of irony”, “the scourge of satire” (that is, the punishment in the form of satire, punishing its action), “the scourge of the Lord” (some natural action).
In the third meaning: “elastic / whip whip”, “flip the whip”.
What is a "scourge" in English?
In English, as in Russian, this word has several meanings.
Beach - if it is a noun - a beach, a river or sea shore. The verb means "go ashore", "moor." Adjective - coastal, coastal, beach. So this word is translated. However, in English there are phrases with it, which have the meanings “to be aground,” “a man who came from nowhere” and others. These combinations can be compared with the Russian word in the meaning of "descended person."
The same pronunciation has a word with a different spelling beech - beech or made of beech wood.
In addition, this word may be abusive.