Word · Frequency #27214
skint
没钱的；身无分文的
lacking funds
英式非正式用语，表示没有钱。
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lacking funds
缺乏资金
缺乏资金；身无分文的；穷光蛋的
In use
I can't go to the cinema tonight because I'm skint.
After paying the rent, I'm completely skint until payday.
She said she'd love to join us for dinner, but she's a bit skint this week.
be skint
I'm completely skint this month.
这个月我完全身无分文。
feel skint
After paying the bills, I felt skint.
付完账单后，我觉得自己穷光蛋了。
leave sb skint
That expensive dinner left us skint.
那顿昂贵的晚餐让我们身无分文。
Common mistakes
He is a skint.He is skint.
skint 是形容词，不能直接加冠词 a 当作名词使用。应直接用作表语：He is skint.
I skinted after buying the car.I was skint after buying the car.
skint 是形容词，不能当作动词变位。应使用 be 动词加形容词结构：I was skint.
Connections
Collocations
- be skint
- 没钱；身无分文
- I'd love to go to the concert, but I'm skint this week.我很想去听音乐会，但这周我没钱。
- completely skint
- 彻底没钱；穷得叮当响
- After paying the rent, I was completely skint.付完房租后，我彻底没钱了。
- skint until payday
- 在发薪日前没钱
- He's skint until payday, so he's eating instant noodles.发薪日前他没钱了，所以在吃方便面。
- skint student
- 没钱的学生；穷学生
- As a skint student, she learned to cook cheap meals.作为一个穷学生，她学会了做便宜的饭菜。
- left skint
- 被弄得一文不名；花光钱
- The holiday left us skint, but it was worth it.这次度假花光了我们的钱，但很值得。
Synonyms
Learner notes
Memory Tip
skint 看起来像 skin（皮肤）加个 t：穷得身上只剩一层皮和一件 T 恤，身无分文。
Context & Register
语域：informal 常见场景：英式英语口语、日常非正式聊天 skint 是英式非正式说法，表示“没钱的；身无分文的”，通常用于日常口语或非正式场合，比较常见于英式英语，正式写作中较少使用。
Grammar Note
通常作表语，如 'I'm skint'；也可作定语，如 'a skint student'。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with skint: /ɪnt/. Note that lookalikes such as skin (/skɪn/) and skit (/skɪt/) sound different despite similar spelling.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.