In a town like this, at least twenty thousand people own literally nothing except the rags they stand up in.
句意:在这样的一个城镇,至少有2万居民除一身聊以蔽体的破衣烂衫外完全一无所有。此处的 stand意为所穿的。A选项与划线处意义最为接近,故选A。