peanut 详细解释

peanut

['pi:nʌt]

n.花生, <俚>渺小的人或物

n.[C]

1. 花生; 花生果; 花生米

I bought a bag of salted peanuts.

我买了一包咸花生米。

2. 【美】【俚】渺小的人; 矮小的人

3. 【俚】无甚价值之物; 小数额[P]

In terms of cash outlay, the sum is peanuts.

从花费来看, 这笔钱乃区区小数。

He pays his workers peanuts.

他付很少的钱给他的工人。

词形变化

名词复数:peanuts

英英释义

名词 peanut:

underground pod of the peanut vine

widely cultivated American plant cultivated in tropical and warm regions; showy yellow flowers on stalks that bend over to the soil so that seed pods ripen underground

同义词:peanut vine, Arachis hypogaea

a young child who is small for his age

pod of the peanut vine containing usually 2 nuts or seeds; `groundnut' and `monkey nut' are British terms

同义词:earthnut, goober, goober pea, groundnut, monkey nut

形容词 peanut:

of little importance or influence or power; of minor status

同义词:insignificant

补充

peanutpeanut英:[ˈpi:nʌt] 美:[ˈpiˌnʌt]n.1.花生; 落花生We don't have peanut oil in our family.我们家不吃花生油。

例句

1. salted peanuts咸花生 2. a packet of peanuts一袋花生 3. a spicy peanut sauce辣花生酱 4. he pays peanuts.他付了很小一笔钱。 5. We get paid peanuts for doing this job.我们干这活儿报酬很少。 6. roasted peanuts烤花生 7. peanut oil花生油 8. Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year.相比政府每年的开支,五十亿美元不算什么。 9. He works all day for peanuts.他为了微薄的收入而整天工作。