poorness

n. 贫穷, 缺乏, 拙劣

词形变化

poornesses 复数 poornesses

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The quality of being poor

    可数 不可数
  2. 2.

    poverty

    可数 不可数

词汇关系

名词

同义词 8

poverty exiguity impoverishment leanness meagerness meagreness scantiness scantness

上位词 7

deficiency inferiority inadequacy aridity barrenness fruitlessness insufficiency

下位词 10

want need deprivation penury privation thinness abstemiousness destitution impecuniousness indigence

相关短语

poorness is a state of mind

词源

From Middle English poornes, porenes, porenesse, pornes, pornesse, povernesse, powrenesse; equivalent to poor + -ness.

来源：wiktionary