down-at-the-heels / ˈdaʊn ət ðəˈhilz /

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down-at-the-heels 的定义

adj. 形容词 adjective
  1. having a shabby, run-down appearance; seedy: He is rapidly becoming a down-at-the-heels drifter and a drunk.

更多down-at-the-heels例句

  1. France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.
  2. Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.
  3. That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.
  4. A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.
  5. Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.
  6. Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
  7. The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
  8. I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
  9. His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
  10. So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.