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●(on) skid ˈrow (informal, especially NAmE) people who are on skid row live in a very poor part of town where there are many social problems （住在）贫民区◆When he went bankrupt he lost everything, and ended up living on skid row for a few years.破产后他一无所有，最后沦落到在贫民区住了几年。 OPP on easy street ORIGIN This expression came from the phrase skid road, referring to the poor part of towns where loggers (= people who cut down trees or cut and transported wood) lived. Originally a skid road was a road made of large pieces of wood, used for moving logs to the mill. 这个表达法源于短语 skid road，意为“伐木工居住地”。这个短语原指用来运送木材的木制滑道。 |