poormouth

动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.
  1. To claim to be poor. ambitransitive,informal
    — On the other hand one does not want to arrive “poor-mouthing it” in some outrageous turtleneck and West Eighth Street bell-jean combination, as if one is “funky” and of “the people.”

词形变化

poormouths present,singular,third-person poormouthing participle,present poormouthed participle,past poormouthed past poor-mouth alternative poor mouth alternative

词源

From poor + mouth.
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