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查询技巧:
1、输入单个单词准确查询。
2、使用%模糊查询,匹配任意长度字符:
   %a    以a结尾的单词;
   ab%    以ab开头的单词;
   %ac%    含有ac的单词。
3、使用_模糊查询,匹配单个任意字符:
   _a_    三位且a在中间的单词;
   _ad    三位且ad结尾的单词;
   ac_    三位且ac开头的单词;
   _a    两位且a结尾的单词;
   a_    两位且a开头的单词。
4、带连字符-的单词,需含-字符才能模糊查询,如well-know需输入 well-% 。
5、在手机键盘上,如果g上有%和v上有_,则可长按输入。

down-and-out

英 / ˌdaʊn ən ˈaʊt /
美 / ˌdaʊn ən ˈaʊt /
adj. 穷困潦倒的
n. 穷困潦倒的人

复数:down-and-outs

1. Nick's mom has turned her home into a halfway house for down-and-out relatives and stray dogs.
尼克的妈妈把她的家变成了收留落难亲属和流浪狗的收容所。
2. Scott Cooper's Crazy Heart, which won Jeff Bridges this year's Best Actor award, shows him playing a down-and-out country music singer attempting to turn his fortunes around.
Scott Cooper的疯狂的心为Jeff Bridges赢得了本年度的最佳男主角,影片讲述的是一个乡村音乐家在大起大落的人生里打拼、赢得人生转折的故事。
3. A crew was sent down the shaft to close it off and bail out all the water.
一队工作人员被派下去关闭竖井,并把所有积水舀出来。
4. He rolled down his window and stuck his face out.
他摇下窗户,探出脸来。
5. I had to cut down a tree and enlist the help of seven neighbours to get it out of the garden!
我不得不砍了一棵树,然后找了7位邻居帮忙把它从院子里弄出去。