penniless
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词源[编辑]
源自中古英语 penyles、penylees，等价于penny + -less。对比古诺尔斯语 penningalauss (“身无分文的”)。
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penniless (无比较级)
- 一贫如洗的，身无分文的
- 近义词： farthingless
- 1889, Horatio Alger, Driven From Home, ch. 10:
- A dollar and a quarter seems a small sum, but if you are absolutely penniless it might as well be a thousand.
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