sou /suː/ noun [singular] British EnglishBrE old-fashionedMONEY a very small amount of money 极少量的钱,一点钱 He didn’t have a sou. 他一点钱也没有。
sou• He is wonderfully avaricious, devious and a genius at avoiding parting with even a sou, all to great comic effect.• Sometimes he would throw away his francs to the soldiers and go home without a sou.• I can hear them telling the architect not to spare a single sou.