听声词典

nickel-and-dime

N 开头单词

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

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英汉例句

    用作形容词 (adj.)

  • 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。

    • 用作及物动词 (vt.)

  • 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。

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • 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