skint /skɪnt/adjectiveadj [not before noun]British EnglishBrE 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 Corpus
skint• 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 bitskint at the moment.• I sold my recordcollection when I was skint one time.• I'm really skint -- you couldn't lend me a few quid could you?
From Longman Business Dictionary
skintskint /skɪnt/adjectiveadj [not before a noun]British EnglishBrE informal
not having much money, especially for a short time
I’m skint at the moment.
Originskint
(1900-2000)skinned“defeated, overcome, having no money”((1900-2000)), from skin