音标:['ʃu:striŋ] ;
n. 鞋带, 小额资本
n. a small amount of money
词型变化:名词复数形式 : shoestrings
词性分布:
名词100%

shoestring的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. The agency was a shoestring operation at first.这家经销店刚开始时是小本经营的生意。
  2. The club exists on a shoestring budget.这家具乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。
用作名词(n.)
  1. The little boy was fumbling with a shoestring.小男孩在笨手笨脚地系鞋带。
  2. I want to hold up to my badminton opponet in order to tie my shoestring.我要求我的羽毛球对手等一下,以便我系鞋带。
  3. I've been living on a shoestring since my mother stopped sending me money.我的母亲停止给我寄钱之后,我的日子过得非常寒酸。
  4. He started his business on a shoestring.他以小资本开始做生意。

词汇搭配

  • on a shoestring小本经营地
  • shoestring potatoes拔丝土豆
  • shoestring sand带状砂层
  • shoestring catch在球刚落地前把它接住...
  • shoestring margin微薄的赚头short...

经典引文

  • She is not worthy to tie her majesty's shoe-strings.

    出自:Smollett
【近义词】

81.Run of the mill 作为形容词短语使用时,run-of-the-mill的意思是平均、平凡或平庸(merely average; commonplace; mediocre),这样的用法在20世纪30年代就有所记载。 run做名词时有许多解释,不过真正能够

发表于:2018-11-29 / 阅读(484) / 评论(0) 分类 英语常用短语

Words and Their Stories: More Clothing Expressions 词汇典故:和服装相关的词汇 2 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 Last week, I explained some English expr

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(318) / 评论(0) 分类 2011年VOA慢速英语(八)月

Words and Their Stories: Money, Part 1 词汇典故:金钱 1 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故节目。 I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. I know I d

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(231) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年VOA慢速英语(六)月

Nice Birthday Suit! Now, the VOA Special English program Words and Their Stories. Last week, I explained some English expressions about clothes. Everything I told you was true. I did not talk through my hat or say something without knowing the facts.

发表于:2018-12-07 / 阅读(265) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(七)月

Talking About Movies Martin: What did you think of that movie? Joanna: It was okay, but Im not really into big-budget movies with a lot of special effects and big-name stars. Martin: Oh, youre a film snob. I bet you only watch indie films made on a s

发表于:2018-12-26 / 阅读(356) / 评论(0) 分类 2012年ESL之餐饮娱乐

哈皮和安德鲁今天讨论的是话题是去加拿大旅游..... Harp: OK, so I think we should get started with todays episode. Andrew: Yes. And todays episode is all about travelling in Canada, but with a little twist. Harp: Yes. Were going to

发表于:2018-12-27 / 阅读(225) / 评论(0) 分类 话匣子英语

Small Hollywood Studio Creates Special Effects 好莱坞小型工作室创作特效 Companies like this often have quirky names. This one is Defaultmind studios, meant to suggest that creative thinkin

发表于:2019-01-03 / 阅读(299) / 评论(0) 分类 VOA2005(上)--体育娱乐看台

26.Have an eye for something 对某事(某物体)了解得非常清楚 To be very good at doing something, or have a great understanding of something. Example: As a botanist, he has to describe and draw plants accurately, so he must have an eye for d

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(296) / 评论(0) 分类 美国俚语

Tighten your belt 刚刚才发薪水,有人提议这个周末大家一起上馆子打打牙祭。我因为想要减肥,好穿新近买的一条短裙,推辞说: No, I don't think I can make it. I want to tighten my belt. 后来,Mary悄悄地

发表于:2019-01-08 / 阅读(334) / 评论(0) 分类 英语阅读理解

Jackpot! Winning the Lottery 头奖!彩票中奖 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 现在是美国之音慢速英语词汇掌故节目。 I think people everywhere dream about having lots of money. I know I do. I would giv

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(407) / 评论(0) 分类 2013年VOA慢速英语(九)月

词汇典故衣冠楚楚 Now, the VOA Special English program WORDS AND THEIR STORIES. 这里是美国之音慢速英语词汇典故。 Last week, I explained some English expressions about clothes. Everything I told you was true. I did not talk thro

发表于:2019-01-12 / 阅读(326) / 评论(0) 分类 2015年VOA慢速英语(八)月

A two-and-a-half minute video of a young woman cursing and screaming at a gang of scammers in a hospital wait room went viral in China on Jan. 25, receiving almost 40,000 comments and being shared over 100,000 times on Chinas Sina Weibo. 1月25日,一

发表于:2019-01-16 / 阅读(244) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

The first film Bruce Lee made with Raymond Chow was the Big Boss,about the struggle of the Chinese community in Bangkok. 邹怀文出品的第一部由李小龙主演的电影唐山大兄,反映的是中国人在曼谷的斗争史。 Remember your

发表于:2019-01-23 / 阅读(272) / 评论(0) 分类 名人传记

WORDS AND THEIR STORIES - Money: He Hit the JackpotBy Jill Moss Broadcast: Sunday, September 10, 2006 Now, the VOA Special English program, Words and Their Stories. I think people everywhere dream abo

发表于:2019-01-30 / 阅读(257) / 评论(0) 分类 2006年慢速英语(九)月

今天我们要学的词是on a shoestring。 Shoestring, 是鞋带的意思。 On a shoestring, 意思就是小本经营。They started the company on a shoestring and made it into a multi-billion dollar enterprise, 他们小本经营开办了这家公

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(210) / 评论(0) 分类 英语每日一词

今天我们要学的词是on a shoestring。 Shoestring, 是鞋带的意思。 On a shoestring, 意思就是小本经营。They started the company on a shoestring and made it into a multi-billion dollar enterprise, 他们小本经营开办了这家公

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(233) / 评论(0) 分类 英语单词荟萃

1 Be in the air 将要发生的事情The feeling or idea that something new is about to happen or is going to change. Example: From the arguments going on at the meeting, it seems that a change in policy is in the air. 2 Clear the air 消除误会To

发表于:2019-02-06 / 阅读(267) / 评论(0) 分类 实用英语

Subject: We are on a shoestring for the time being. 第一、迷你对话 A: We are on a shoestring for the time being. Could you cut the price down a little. 我们目前经济拮据,您可以降低点价格吗? B: No problem. 可以,没问题。

发表于:2019-02-15 / 阅读(324) / 评论(0) 分类 迷你对话学地道口语

嘉宾:Debbie Mason 话题:Women and Horses 单词拼写: 1、Blockbuster:重磅炸弹,大片 2、Pin-ups:墙上贴的照片、海报里的人 3、Intuitive:有直觉的 重点俚语: 1、To stir something in the loins: 2、Went by

发表于:2019-02-26 / 阅读(362) / 评论(0) 分类 聆听悦耳英音

Topic1-40% of Listed Companies Can't Afford an Apartment in First-tier Cities According to Securities Times, a newspaper, nearly 40 percent of A-share listed companies in China have an annual profit margin that's barely enough to cover the cost of a

发表于:2019-03-05 / 阅读(271) / 评论(0) 分类 英语角-圆桌会议
学英语单词
-loved
a-series
ACA ((accident consequence assessment))
adjustable-speed unotor
apertas
apologistas
apparen density
arrow prayer
aunsion
autrey
blown core
bourka
bromo-ll-oxoprogesterone
burgower
cafe-bars
capture guidance
chrysanthemum marshalli aschers.
cinnamomum tamala nees et eberm.
classification of expenditure by function
co-princes
coastguards
critical damped oscillation
crotonyl alcohol
cyanoalkaloids
Dedking ring
delusion of being pregnant
departmental computing
downward tendency
dryworie
eastern spruce
edge-grained
electric multiplication
epoxy-paper laminate
Escherichia freundii
floating separation
full-load refueling
generalized Hooke's law
genus Mayetiola
gets a clue
getting along with
Guaribas, Cachoeira
hairspring
heavy-spring standard
HFW
hotel glassware
Ibn Su'aydān, Ramlat
immunotype
in different forms
interchangeable cutter
intuitively-built recognizer
isoelectonic sequence
jang
Köthel
lebron
leutze
Liparis auriculata
lost properties
magnetostrictive transducer
malarkey
marine pollution control unit
microcoded high level language
monochromatie objective
motorola 68hc11
n-propyl nitrite
net transformation
New Martinsville
newborough
ninepinss
non-utility electric installation
nyer
or function
palilalia
passing tonnage
pencilled in
Petimid
Phillip, Arthur
plant siting
precommercial
provector
pseudo-fission product
radio towers
Roncudo, Pta.del
safaniya
Sagittaria altigena
schweiger
semelfactive aspect
serorelapse
single-instructions
sirloin
Streptomyces glaucohygroscopicus
STST
Sulcus nervi petrosi majoris
synchysite- (y)
synista
triliteralism
Tristoject
turquins
Uropherin
valve loop
water repellent compound
widdie
with one blow