释义
[ poo r ] SHOW IPA
/ pʊər / PHONETIC RESPELLING
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adjective, poor·er, poor·est. having little or no money, goods, or other means of support: a poor family living on welfare.
Law . dependent upon charity or public support.
(of a country, institution, etc.) meagerly supplied or endowed with resources or funds.
characterized by or showing poverty.
deficient or lacking in something specified: a region poor in mineral deposits.
faulty or inferior, as in construction: poor workmanship.
deficient in desirable ingredients, qualities, or the like: poor soil.
excessively lean or emaciated, as cattle.
of an inferior, inadequate, or unsatisfactory kind: poor health.
lacking in skill, ability, or training: a poor cook.
deficient in moral excellence; cowardly, abject, or mean.
scanty, meager, or paltry in amount or number: a poor audience.
humble; modest: They shared their poor meal with a stranger.
unfortunate; hapless: The poor dog was limping.
SEE MORE SEE LESS noun (used with a plural verb )Usually the poor . poor persons collectively: sympathy for the poor.
Idioms for poorpoor as a church mouse , extremely poor.
poor as Job's turkey , extremely poor; impoverished.
Origin of poor First recorded in 1150–1200; Middle English pov(e)re, from Old French povre, from Latin pauper; see pauper
SYNONYMS FOR poor 1 needy, indigent, necessitous, straitened, destitute, penniless, poverty-stricken.
5 meager.
6 unsatisfactory, shabby.
7 sterile, barren, unfruitful, unproductive.
8 thin, skinny, meager, gaunt.
14 miserable, unhappy, pitiable.
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ANTONYMS FOR poor 1, 5, 7 rich.
1, 3, 4 wealthy.
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synonym study for poor 1 . Poor, impecunious, impoverished, penniless refer to those lacking money. Poor is the simple term for the condition of lacking means to obtain the comforts of life: a very poor family. Impecunious often suggests that the poverty is a consequence of unwise habits: an impecunious actor. Impoverished often implies a former state of greater plenty, from which one has been reduced: the impoverished aristocracy. Penniless may mean destitute, or it may apply simply to a temporary condition of being without funds: The widow was left penniless with three small children.
pronunciation note for poor In the North and North Midland U.S., the vowel of
poor is most often
[oo ]. /ʊ/. Poor and
sure thus contrast with
pour and
shore: [poo r], /pʊər/, [shoo r] /ʃʊər/ versus
[pawr], /pɔr/, [shawr] /ʃɔr/ or
[pohr], /poʊr/, [shohr]. /ʃoʊr/. In the South Midland and South, the vowel of
poor is generally
[aw] /ɔ/ or
[oh] /oʊ/ (often with the final (r) dropped), which means that in these areas,
poor and
pour are homophones, as are
sure and
shore. Both types of pronunciation exist in the British Isles.
OTHER WORDS FROM poor poorness, noun non·poor, noun quasi-poor, adjective quasi-poorly, adverb
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH poor paw, poor , pore Words nearby poor Poopó, poo-poo, poop out, poop sheet, poop staff, poor , poor as a churchmouse, poor box, poor boy, poor boy sweater, poor-do
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What they actually mean by that is, you know, he actually knows some people that are poor .
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"That's all very well, but yait till you hear how he sarved me out," said a poor , simple-looking creature.
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Bill was anxious to get back to poor Jack, who he remembered was well-nigh starving.
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To tell the truth, poor Carry, being so unhappy, did not take pains to conciliate her neighbours.
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The poor fellow would be suffering from his rebuff, and Vine shrank from listening to any appeal.
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If Martine was annoyed by Priscilla's refusal, poor Priscilla was deeply disturbed by the turn of affairs.
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British Dictionary definitions for poor adjective lacking financial or other means of subsistence; needy (as collective noun; preceded by the ) the poor characterized by or indicating poverty the country had a poor economy
deficient in amount; scanty or inadequate a poor salary
(when postpositive, usually foll by in ) badly supplied (with resources, materials, etc) a region poor in wild flowers
lacking in quality; inferior
giving no pleasure; disappointing or disagreeable a poor play
(prenominal) deserving of pity; unlucky poor John is ill again
poor man's something a (cheaper) substitute for something
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Derived forms of poor poorness , noun Word Origin for poor C13: from Old French povre, from Latin pauper; see pauper , poverty
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