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发信人: watergod (共工), 信区: English
标 题: A.Word.A.Day--hardscrabble(转载)
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (2000年07月03日20:42:05 星期一), 转信
【 以下文字转载自 watergod 的信箱 】
【 原文由 Wordsmith 所发表 】
hardscrabble (HARD-skrab-uhl) adjective
Earning a bare subsistence, as on the land; marginal.
noun
Barren or marginal farmland.
[Americanism hard + scrabble, scrape.]
"Just 5ft 4in tall, he was literally the `little giant' - one of five
children of a coalminer and hardscrabble farmer ...."
Rupert Cornwell, Obituary: Carl Albert, The Independent, Feb 9, 2000.
This week's theme: red-herring words.
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