down-and-outs
英 [daʊn ənd aʊts]
美 [daʊn ənd aʊts]
n. 穷困潦倒的人; 无家可归的人
down-and-out的复数
柯林斯词典
- ADJ-GRADED 穷困潦倒的;无家可归的
If you describe someone as down-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation.- ...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter...
关于一个穷困潦倒的广告文案的短篇故事 - He looked unshaven, shabby, and down-and-out.
他看上去胡子拉碴、衣衫褴褛、穷困潦倒。 - Down-and-out is also a noun.
- ...some poor down-and-out in need of a meal...
一些饥肠辘辘、无家可归的穷人 - They are both down-and-outs, sleeping under the city's oldest bridge.
他俩都是无家可归的人，露宿在城市最古老的桥下。
- ...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter...