From the 14th paragraph from the bottom of this article at People's World.
上記の文で、be cleaned outの意味は?
In the sentence above, what does "be cleaned out" mean?
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解答
意味:英辞郎によると、
《be ~》すっからかんになる、すってんてんになる、一文なしになるただし、主に金銭に関連して使いますが、下記英語の定義にあるように金銭に限らず何かがすっかりなくなることを言います。
Answer
According to The Free Dictionary:To be emptied or devoid of money, food, resources, etc.
Examples
- I'd like to play another round of poker, but I'm totally cleaned out!
- I wish I could offer you some food to go with your tea, but I'm afraid we're cleaned out.
- I am really cleaned out after that bout with the stomach bug.
- ‘they were cleaned out by the Englishman at the baccarat table’
- Tom's cleaned out. How will he pay his bills now?
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