单词：eke
音标：[i:k] ；
vt. 补充, 增加
v. t. To increase; to add to; to augment; -- now commonly used
with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply
of one kind with some other.
adv. In addition; also; likewise.
n. An addition.
with out, the notion conveyed being to add to, or piece out by a
laborious, inferior, or scanty addition; as, to eke out a scanty supply
of one kind with some other.
adv. In addition; also; likewise.
n. An addition.
词型变化：名词复数形式 : ekes
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eke的用法和样例：
例句
- In old China workers and peasants could hardly eke out a living, let alone send their children to school.在旧中国，工人农民连生活都难以维持，更谈不上送子女上学了。
- They eke out a bare existence (ie They scarcely manage) on his low salary.他们靠他微薄的薪金勉强 口。
词汇搭配
- eke out竭力维持
- eke out a living勉强维持生活...
经典引文
His German was easy to understand and he knew a little English with which to eke it out.
出自：J. K. JeromeSpending a little love at a time, eking it out here and there, on this man and that.
出自：G. GreeneBookshops..eke out their turnover with stationery.
出自：A. Blond