skint
英 [skɪnt]
美 [skɪnt]
skint 没钱的，不名一文的俚语，改写自 skinned,被剥皮的。引申比喻义没钱的，不足一文的。
- skint (adj.)
- "broke, out of money," 1925, slang variant of skinned, past participle of skin (v.).
- 1. I'm skint! Lend us a tenner.
- 我一个子儿也没有了，借我们10英镑吧。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. A skinny , sickly and, for much of his life , skint individual , Perutz is an unlikely hero.
- 佩鲁茨体弱多病, 清贫一生, 却出人意料的成了科学界的英雄.
来自互联网
- 3. What's more, the penny - pinching has nothing much to do with the fact that Britain is skint.
- 更要紧的是, 这吝啬基本不是因为英国真的是个穷光蛋.
来自互联网
