英语单词“the cupboard is bare”的中文翻译、释义及用法解析
单词
the cupboard is bare
释义
the cupboard is bare
idiomused to say that there is nofoodin ahouseor that there is nomoney, etc.available:橱柜空空;家里一点吃的都没有了;没钱(做某事)I'd like tohelpyou out, Paul, but I'mafraidthecupboardisbare.保罗,我倒是想帮助你,不过恐怕我也是两手空空。SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrasesLacking things- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (forsomething)idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out forsomething
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- minus
- need
- needsomethinglike you need a hole in the headidiom
- needful
- needy
- shy
- taken
- unaccompanied
- unappeased
- unassuaged
- unmet
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