nickel-and-dime
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
- 美式音标 [ˌnɪk.əl.ənˈdaɪm]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- adj.拥有或支付仅一小笔钱的；不重要的
- vt.一点一滴地消耗；节约每一分钱以得到
英汉例句
- These adjectives all apply to what is small and unimportant.
这些形容词都能用于小的和不重要的事物。 - Color and sex are hardly relevant when appointing someone to a job.
委派某人一项工作时，肤色和性别是不重要的。 - The skyscrapers are also lavish consumers, and wasters, of electric power.
摩天大楼还极大地消耗和浪费电力。
用作形容词 (adj.)
用作及物动词 (vt.)
英英字典
- used to describe something that is not important, usually because it does not involve much money
- to damage someone or something either by taking away many small amounts of money or by giving too much attention to details