| 单词 | the cupboard is bare |
| 释义 | ● the ˌcupboard is ˈbare (BrE ) used to say that there is no money for sth 食橱是空的（指没钱购买）◆ They are seeking more funds but the cupboard is bare . 他们正在寻求更多的资金，然而根本找不到。ORIGINThis expression refers to a children's nursery rhyme about Old Mother Hubbard , who had nothing in her cupboard to feed her dog .源自一首关于老妈哈伯德的儿歌。她的食橱里没有喂狗的东西。See also bare |
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