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EnglishTHE SCHOLAR'S LEXICON

stone-broke

/stohn-brohk/US // ˈstoʊnˈbroʊk //

石破天惊,石破天惊的,石破天惊的事,石头的

Related Words

impoverished穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了beggared乞讨,乞讨的,乞求,乞求的flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的penniless一贫如洗,身无分文,不名一文,一文不名penurious奢华的,奢华,奢侈的,奢侈poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷dirt poor穷人,穷困潦倒,贫民窟,贫民区fortuneless无缘无故,无福消受,无缘无故的,无缘无故地

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : having no money whatsoever.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as instrapped
Synonyms
impoverished穷困潦倒,穷困的,贫穷的,穷苦的beggared乞讨,乞讨的,乞求,乞求的broke破产,打破了,破损,打碎了dirt poor穷人,穷困潦倒,贫民窟,贫民区flat平坦的,平地,平坦,平的fortuneless无缘无故,无福消受,无缘无故的,无缘无故地out of money没钱了,没钱,无钱了,无钱penniless一贫如洗,身无分文,不名一文,一文不名penurious奢华的,奢华,奢侈的,奢侈poor穷人,贫穷,可怜的,穷

Examples

  • The gunman hardly broke stride as he nonetheless shot Merabet in the head, killing him.

  • My body used for his hard pleasure; a stone god gripping me in his hands.

  • “The US cannot tolerate the idea of any rival economic entity,” Stone writes.

  • Accusing his opponents of being locked in a Cold War mind-set, it is Stone who is beholden to old orthodoxies.

  • That Stone would slander the democratic, pro-Western, EuroMaidan revolution as a CIA coup is no surprise.

  • The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.

  • The great plague of this and the subsequent year broke out at St. Giles, London.

  • The Senora Moreno's heart broke within her, when those words passed her lips to her adored Felipe.

  • That evening in the gondola, with one old and two newer friends, is marked with a white stone in my recollection.

  • A sob rose in her throat, and broke from her lips transformed into a trembling, sharp, glad cry.

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