down-at-the-heels (chiefly US) adjective
or chiefly British down-at-heel
down-at-the-heels (chiefly US)
adjective
or chiefly British down-at-heel
Learner's definition of DOWN-AT-THE-HEELS
: looking or seeming cheap or poor and dirty or worn寒酸的;潦倒的;破败的 -
We got a room at a down-at-the-heels [=dingy, seedy] motel.我们在一家破旧邋遢的汽车旅馆找了一间房。
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a down-at-heel traveler穷困潦倒的旅行者