时间:2019-01-17 作者:英语课 分类:英语俚语天天说


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   介绍: NICKLE N I C K LE 镍 是美元中五分钱的硬币


  Dime 1 D I M E是美元中十分钱的铸币
  dime是值十美分的硬币。 dime的价值虽然是nickel的两倍, 但是dime也只是一枚很小的硬币,而且dime跟 nickel相比是既小又薄,原因是过去曾经用比镍贵重得多的银子来铸造dime。
  Nickle-and-dime can be used as a verb 2, and it can also be used as an adjective 3. Let’s see what does it mean by knowing some examples. Suppose a dad is complaining about his kids that they often ask him for money.
  Nickel-and-dime既可以被当作一个动词来用,也可以作为一个形容词。我们还是通过例句来领会它的意思吧。先看一位爸爸在抱怨自己两个十多岁的子女老向父母要零花钱,数目虽然不大, 但是长年累月、积少成多,也成为负担了。请注意他话里的习惯用语nickel-and-dime是个复合动词:
  例句1:Our kids Bill and Susie nickel-and-dime my wife and me to death. It's just a few dollars every time, but it never stops and after a while it adds up to so much money it makes quite a hole in our pockets.
  他说:他们的孩子Bill和Susie老问他和太太来要零花钱,烦得要命。虽然每回只是几美元,但是没完没了,长此以往, 就成了一大笔钱,好象他们口袋里有个窟窿似的。
  这段话里的复合动词nickel-and-dime意思显然是零打碎敲地长期消耗,而花费了大笔钱财。刚才说过习惯用语nickel-and-dime也可以当形容词用。比方说,在这句话里:
  例句2:He has a little nickle-and-dime business that makes just enough money to put food on the table and pay the rent.
  这句话是说一个人有个小本经营的小买卖,挣来的钱刚够饭钱和房租。
  这里的nickle-and-dime描绘business,是形容词,意思就是“小本经营的”,或者“微不足道的”

n.(指美国、加拿大的钱币)一角
  • A dime is a tenth of a dollar.一角银币是十分之一美元。
  • The liberty torch is on the back of the dime.自由火炬在一角硬币的反面。
n.[语]动词
  • The sentence is formed from a verb and two nouns.这句子由一个动词和两个名词构成。
  • These are the finite forms of a verb.这些是一个动词的限定形式。
n.形容词;adj.形容词的,用作形容词的
  • Don't apply that adjective to me.不要用那个字眼来形容我。
  • The adjective loose has several senses. 形容词loose有几个义项。
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