(adj.) lacking funds; '`skint' is a British slang term' .
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双语例句
He was father's partner, and father broke with him, and now he revenges himself. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
No, guardian, I returned, fearful of the light that dimly broke upon me. 查尔斯·狄更斯.荒凉山庄.
She knows I'm a going to tell,' here his delight broke out again, 'and has made off. 查尔斯·狄更斯.大卫·科波菲尔.
When Mrs. Sykes is afraid of the house being attacked and broke open--as she is every night--I get quite excited. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特.雪莉.
This work proved too hard, his health broke down, and he was compelled to give up the position. 鲁伯特·萨金特·荷兰.历史性发明.
Bloody insurrections repeatedly broke out, always traceable ultimately to the pressure of taxation. 赫伯特·乔治·威尔斯.世界史纲.
Here the peerless Saladin met the Christian host some seven hundred years ago, and broke their power in Palestine for all time to come. 马克·吐温.傻子出国记.
As she said it, Miss Wren suddenly broke off, screwed up her eyes and her chin, and looked prodigiously knowing. 查尔斯·狄更斯.我们共同的朋友.
I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone and thinking on poor England. 乔纳森·斯威夫特.格列佛游记.
And he was hoisted, first by the mechanism which was used to hoist the arc light but this broke-- 欧内斯特·海明威.丧钟为谁而鸣.
In 1801 he built his first steam carriage, adapted to carry seven or eight passengers, which was said to have gone off like a bird, but broke down, and was taken to the home of Capt. Edward W. Byrn.十九世纪发明进展.
Then suddenly realising the exposure, he broke into a scream and threw himself down with his face to the pillow. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔.福尔摩斯历险记.
Here Sam sat down with a pleasant smile, and his speech having been vociferously applauded, the company broke up. 查尔斯·狄更斯.匹克威克外传.
But it was a truism, a phantom, and broke down under the weight of her regret. 伊丽莎白·盖斯凯尔.南方与北方.
And any one could see that he shook with fear, and that there broke out upon his lips curious white flakes, like thin snow. 查尔斯·狄更斯.远大前程.