down-and-out
noun [ C ] UK uk/ˌdaʊn.əˈnaʊt/ us/ˌdaʊn.əˈnaʊt/
落魄的人
a person who has no money and no home
I was never a down-and-out, but it did start to look that way. 我以前一直都不是一个落魄的人，但现在看上去开始有这样的苗头了。
Down-and-outs warmed themselves at bonfires on the lorry park. 落魄的人在货车场的篝火旁取暖。
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- He stopped to give a down-and-out some dosh.
- She had spent some time with the down-and-outs in London.
- As a young man he dressed as a down-and-out and tramped the streets of Paris and London.