单词 | rat-poor |
释义 | > as lemmasrat-poor rat-poor adj. ΚΠ 1854 E. Robinson Westm. Abbey I. viii. 220 My audacity in pleading causes, being at the time rat-poor, and willing to make or mar myself..on any cast. 1952 J. Steinbeck East of Eden ii. 9 A man who might have been well-to-do on ten acres in Europe was rat-poor on two thousand in California. 2004 Observer (Nexis) 23 May 11 The sort of rat-poor background that encouraged so many outstanding Spanish players to make a break for it armed only with a set of clubs. < as lemmas |
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