Peanuts是什么意思？

Peanuts

英[ˈpi:nʌts] 美[ˈpiˌnʌts]

• n. <非正>微不足道的一小笔钱，花生( peanut的名词复数 )，落花生，很少的钱，<俚>微不足道的人(东西；

例句

• shuck peanuts 剥花生壳
• The mouse nibbled at the peanuts. 老鼠一点一点地啃着花生。
• The injured climbers had only meagre supplies of water and peanuts to live off. 受伤的登山者只剩下少量的水和花生赖以生存。
• How many years ago did the comic strip Peanuts debut? 《花生》喜剧连载漫画初次露面是在多少年以前?
• He said if I bought the whole kit and caboodle, I could have it for peanuts. 他说如果我全部买下, 只需花很少的钱.
• People love all kinds of nuts: peanuts, cashews, walnuts, pecans and more. 各式各样的坚果广受人们喜爱: 有花生 、 腰果 、 胡桃 、 美洲薄壳胡桃等许多种.
• Peanuts, or groundnuts, are an important crop in many developing countries. 花生, 或者是落地花生, 在许多的发展中过家是很重要的农作物.
• Xiangzi bought four ounces of liquor and three coppers worth of peanuts. 祥子要了四两白干,三个大子儿的落花生.
• We watched her munch through two packets of peanuts. 我们看她津津有味地嚼了两包花生米.
• Inside were three boxes, packed securely in Styrofoam peanuts. 里面有三个盒子, 安全地包在泡沫塑料之中.

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  花生
  Peanuts are small nuts that grow under the ground. Peanuts are often eaten as a snack, especially roasted and salted.
  例句
  ...a packet of peanuts... 一包花生 Add 2 tablespoons of peanut oil. 加两汤匙花生油。
• N-PLURAL
  少得可怜的钱；小钱
  If you say that a sum of money is peanuts, you mean that it is very small.
  例句
  The cost was peanuts compared to a new kitchen... 与建新厨房相比，那笔费用微不足道。 The jobs they offer pay peanuts. 他们提供的工作报酬很低。

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. an insignificant sum of money; a trifling amount;
  "her salary is peanuts compared to his"