penniless
英語[編輯]
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詞源[編輯]
源自中古英語 penyles、penylees,等價於penny + -less。對比古諾爾斯語 penningalauss (「身無分文的」)。
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形容詞[編輯]
penniless (無比較級)
- 一貧如洗的,身無分文的
- 近義詞: 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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