| 释义 |
ˈpoverty struck, a.
Now rare or Obs. = prec.
1801D. Wordsworth Jrnl. 29 Dec. (1941) I. 98 A miserable, poverty-struck looking woman. 1813Sir R. Wilson Pr. Diary II. 210 This [Fulda] is an old town,..poverty-struck by the war, pillaged by the passing enemy, and replete with misery. 1856Delamer Fl. Gard. (1861) 3 The cypress is a magnificent ornament to the gardens of the south of Europe;..is respectable in the south of England; shabby-genteel higher up the island; in the north. miserable and poverty-struck. |