| 单词 | skint |
| 释义 | skint /skɪnt/ adjective [not before noun] British English informal MONEYPOORhaving no money, especially for a short time 〔尤指暂时〕不名一文的 SYN broke I’m skint at the moment. 我现在身无分文。Examples from the Corpusskint• At that time I was skint, and I would have taken any job I could get.• Can you lend me some money to tide me over? I'm a bit skint at the moment.• I sold my record collection when I was skint one time.• I'm really skint -- you couldn't lend me a few quid could you?From Longman Business Dictionaryskintskint /skɪnt/ adjective [not before a noun] British English informal not having much money, especially for a short timeI’m skint at the moment.Origin skint (1900-2000) skinned “defeated, overcome, having no money” ((1900-2000)), from skinskint adjectiveChinese Corpus short time money, Business especially having no a for |
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