poor

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /poː/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. The poor people of a society or the world collectively, the poor class of a society. plural,plural-only
    — ...when his disciples saw it, they had indignation, saying, To what purpose is this waste? For this ointment might haue bin sold for much, and giuen to the poore. When Iesus vnderstood it, he said vnto them, Why trouble ye the woman? for she hath wrought a good worke vpon me. For ye haue the poore alwayes with you, but me ye haue not alwayes.
  2. A poor person. countable
    — The poors are at it again.
  3. the second-to-last placer in Tycoon plural,plural-only
  4. Synonym of poor cod. obsolete
动词 v.
  1. Synonym of impoverish, to make poor. rare,transitive
    — It is very evident that Americans are being ‘poored down’ to suit the world socialist agenda, and to maximize profits for the international corporations.
  2. To become poor. intransitive,obsolete
    — The mone of this realme is born out in gret quantite and the realme puryt of the sammyn.
  3. To call someone poor. obsolete
    — Miss Lavinia... put in that she didn't want to be ‘poored by pa,’ or anybody else.
形容词 adj.
  1. With no or few possessions or money, particularly in relation to contemporaries who do have them.
    — We were so poor that we couldn't afford shoes.
  2. Of low quality.
    — That was a poor performance.
  3. Worthy of pity. attributive
    — Oh, you poor thing, you're drenched!
  4. Deficient in a specified way.
    — Cow's milk is poor in iron.
  5. Inadequate, insufficient.
    — I received a poor reward for all my hard work.
  6. Free from self-assertion; not proud or arrogant; meek.
    — Blessed are the poor in spirit.

词形变化

poorer comparative poorest superlative poors plural poors present,singular,third-person pooring participle,present poored participle,past poored past

词汇关系

衍生词
antipoor being poor is a mindset being poor is a state of mind cash poor cash-poor court poor box dirt poor dirt-poor fuel-poor have a poor time of it house poor impoor income-poor in poor taste insurance poor iron-poor land-poor land poor Little Sister of the Poor metal-poor nonpoor oxygen-poor piss on the poor piss-poor piss poor poor as a barber's cat poor as a church mouse poor as a rat poor as Job poor as Job's turkey poor box poor boy poor dab poor devil poor diddums poor doer poor door poor farm poor form poor house poorhouse poor is a mindset poor is a state of mind poorish poorism poor-john poor knights of Windsor poor law poorling poor little boy poor little girl poor little meow meow poor little rich boy poor little rich girl poor loser poorly poor man of mutton poor man's poor man's asparagus poor man's black velvet poor man's butter poor man's cake poor man's caviar poor man's copyright poor man's diamond poor man's ginseng poor man's goose poor man's latte poor man's manure poor man's orchid poor man's pizza poor man's racehorse poor man's sauce poor man's steak poor man's Tiffany poor man's umbrella poor man's weatherglass poormaster poor metal poor-mouth poormouth poor mouth poorness poor old pooron poor power poor pussy poor-quality poor rate poor relation poor relief poor show poorsies poor-spirited poor-spiritedness poor sport poor thing Poor Tom poor white trash quite poor semipoor the poor we will always have with us time-poor ultrapoor whip-poor-will working poor deserving poor undeserving poor Europoor
相关词
few paucal pauci- paucity pauper

词源

词源 1
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure, from Latin pauper, from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
displaced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).
and almost fully arm
词源 2
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure, from Latin pauper, from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
displaced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).
and almost fully arm
词源 3
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure, from Latin pauper, from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
displaced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).
and almost fully arm
词源 4
Inherited from Middle English povre, povere, from Old French (and Anglo-Norman) povre, poure, from Latin pauper, from Old Latin *pavo-pars (literally “getting little”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh₂w- (“few, small”). Doublet of pauper.
displaced native wantsome, Middle English unlede (“poor”) (from Old English unlǣde), Middle English unweli, unwely (“poor, unwealthy”) (from Old English un- + weliġ (“well-to-do, prosperous, rich”)).
and almost fully arm
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