Dictionary entry
stone-broke
adjective
一个钱也没有的，赤贫的
lacking funds
- 1.
s lacking funds
一个钱也没有的；赤贫的
一个钱也没有的；赤贫的
In use
After buying that expensive car, he was stone-broke for months.
During the recession, many families found themselves stone-broke.
She lent him money, but he spent it all and is now stone-broke again.
be stone-broke
After the divorce, he was stone-broke.
离婚后，他一个钱也没有。
go stone-broke
The company went stone-broke within a year.
这家公司在一年内就破产了。
stone-broke + noun
这种定语用法不如表语常见。
He was a stone-broke artist living in a tiny apartment.
他是一个赤贫的艺术家，住在一间小公寓里。
Common mistakes
He has stone-broke.He is stone-broke.
stone-broke 是形容词，意为'赤贫的'，在英语中作表语需与系动词 be 连用，不能直接跟在及物动词 have 后面。中文母语者受'有钱'、'没钱'等动词搭配影响，易误将其用作名词。
He is stone broke.He is stone-broke.
标准拼写为连字符形式 stone-broke，中文无连字符概念，学习者常忽略。句中 broke 单独使用也是形容词，但复合形容词 stone-broke 是固定拼写，不可省略连字符。
Connections
Confusing words
- penniless
- 一文不名的，身无分文的 · penniless 强调口袋里没有一分钱，而 stone-broke 是口语中强调极端贫困的状态，多用于非正式语境。
Word family
- broke
- 没钱的；身无分文的 · adjective
- stone-cold
- 冰冷的；完全冷的 · adjective
- stone-deaf
- 全聋的 · adjective
- stone-blind
- 全盲的 · adjective
- stone-sober
- 完全清醒的；一点没醉的 · adjective
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WORDNET.