英语词汇“down-at-heel”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

down-at-heel

also down at heel

adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun]

Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money.

...down-at-heel towns that are being regenerated.

...a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner.

Synonyms: poor, impoverished, shabby, badly off

Idioms:

down-at-heel [mainly British] or down-at-the-heels

untidy and not cared for

Crowe lost over three stone to play a down-at-heel Irish-American boxer fighting his way back from poverty.

单词	down-at-heel
释义	down-at-heel also down at heel adjective [usually ADJECTIVE noun] Something that is down-at-heel is in bad condition because it has been used too much or has not been looked after properly. If you say that someone is down-at-heel, you mean that they are wearing old, worn clothes because they have little money. ...down-at-heel towns that are being regenerated. ...a down-at-heel waitress in a greasy New York diner. Synonyms: poor, impoverished, shabby, badly off Idioms: down-at-heel [mainly British] or down-at-the-heels untidy and not cared for Crowe lost over three stone to play a down-at-heel Irish-American boxer fighting his way back from poverty. Easy Learning Idioms Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers
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