down-and-outs

英 [daʊn ənd aʊts]

美 [daʊn ənd aʊts]

n.  穷困潦倒的人; 无家可归的人
down-and-out的复数

柯林斯词典

• ADJ-GRADED 穷困潦倒的;无家可归的
  If you describe someone asdown-and-out, you mean that they have no job and nowhere to live, and they have no real hope of improving their situation.
  1. ...a short story about a down-and-out advertising copywriter...
     关于一个穷困潦倒的广告文案的短篇故事
  2. He looked unshaven, shabby, and down-and-out.
     他看上去胡子拉碴、衣衫褴褛、穷困潦倒。
  3. Down-and-outis also a noun.
     
  4. ...some poor down-and-out in need of a meal...
     一些饥肠辘辘、无家可归的穷人
  5. They are both down-and-outs, sleeping under the city's oldest bridge.
     他俩都是无家可归的人，露宿在城市最古老的桥下。