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:
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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
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