hardscrabble
英[ˌhɑ:dˈskræbl]
美[ˌhɑrdˈskræbl]
基本释义
- adj.
- <美>贫脊的，非常穷困的
英英释义
Adjective
1. yielding little by great labor;
"a hardscrabble farm"
"poor soil"
2. of a bare living gained by great labor;
"the sharecropper's hardscrabble life"
"a marginal existence"