down-and-out

ˌdown-and-ˈout1 adjectiveadj

1 having no luck or money 穷困潦倒的

a down-and-out actor

一个穷困潦倒的演员

2. having no home and living on the street 无家可归的

Examples from the Corpus

down-and-out• But he will still be organising 13,000 volunteers into bringing some kind of Christmas to 125,000 needy, lonely or down-and-out people.

Related topics: Sociology

ˌdown-and-ˈout2 noun [countableC]

British EnglishBrESSPOOR someone who has no home and who lives on the street 无家可归者

Examples from the Corpus

down-and-out• Richard Holmes was something of an expert at the game, but he ended up as a down-and-out by the end.

Chinese

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Corpus

down-and-out

Poor: poor, impoverished, penniless...