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down-at-the-heels

/doun-uht-thuh-heelz/US // ˈdaʊn ət ðəˈhilz //

跌跌不休,跌宕起伏,跌跌撞撞,跌倒在地

Definitions

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

Examples

  • France 24 is providing live, round-the-clock coverage of both scenes as they progress.

  • Clad in a blue, striped button-down, a silver watch adorning his left wrist, Huckabee beams on the cover.

  • That article noted that the F-35 does not currently have the ability to down-link live video to ground troops,.

  • A grand juror in the Ferguson case is suing to be able to explain exactly what went down in the courtroom.

  • Sands was involved in a scandalous-for-the-time romance with the carpenter and there were rumors she was pregnant with his child.

  • 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.

  • The bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.

  • I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.

  • His wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.

  • So he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.