| 单词 | poor man's weather glass |
| 释义 | poor /poor/adjective
ORIGIN: OFr poure, povre (Fr pauvre), from L pauper poor poorˈish adjective poorˈly adverb
Unwell poorˈness noun poor box noun A money box for gifts for the poor Poor Clare see under Clare poorˈhouse (or Scot poor'sˈ-house, puir'sˈ-house, -hoose) noun (historical) A house established at the public expense for sheltering the poor, a workhouse poor-Johnˈ noun (Shakespeare) Salt hake poor law noun (often in pl) the law or laws relating to the support of the poor poorˈ-law adjective poorˈ-mouth intransitive verb To claim poverty transitive verb To malign poor rate noun (historical) A rate or tax for the support of the poor poor relation noun Any person or thing similar but inferior or subordinate to another poor relief noun Money, food, etc for the poor poor'sˈ-box noun A poor box poorˈ-spirˈited adjective Lacking in spirit poorˈ-spirˈitedness noun poor'sˈ-roll noun (Scots law; obsolete) The list of poor litigants allowed to sue in formā pauperis poor white noun (usu derogatory) A member of a class of poor, improvident, and incompetent white people in the Southern states of the USA, South Africa and elsewhere, often called by the blacks poor white trash poor man of mutton (Scot) Cold mutton broiled, esp the shoulder poor man's weather glass The pimpernel, reputed to close its flowers before rain |
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