英语词汇“nickel-and-dime”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

nick·el-and-dime (nĭk′əl-ən-dīm) Informal

adj.

1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job.

2. Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York).

v. nick·el-and-dimed, nick·el-and-dim·ing, nick·el-and-dimes or nick·eled-and-dimed or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing or nick·els-and-dimes

v.intr.

To spend very little money.

v.tr.

1. To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially: nickel-and-dimed the project to death.

2. To accumulate in small amounts: "nickel-and-diming a substantial bankroll together" (Newsweek).

单词	nickel-and-dime
释义	nick·el-and-dime (nĭk′əl-ən-dīm) Informal adj. 1. Involving or paying only a small amount of money: a nickel-and-dime job. 2. Minor; small-time: "a nickel-and-dime operation run out of a single borrowed room" (New York). v. nick·el-and-dimed, nick·el-and-dim·ing, nick·el-and-dimes or nick·eled-and-dimed or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing or nick·els-and-dimes v.intr. To spend very little money. v.tr. 1. To drain or destroy bit by bit, especially financially: nickel-and-dimed the project to death. 2. To accumulate in small amounts: "nickel-and-diming a substantial bankroll together" (Newsweek).
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