skint

英 [skɪnt] 美 [skɪnt]
  • adj. 身无分文的;穷光蛋的
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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.

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