单词 | cheap |
释义 | cheap (chēp) adj. cheap·er, cheap·est 1. a. Relatively low in cost; inexpensive or comparatively inexpensive. b. Charging low prices: a cheap restaurant. 2. a. Obtainable at a low rate of interest. Used especially of money. b. Devalued, as in buying power: cheap dollars. 3. Achieved with little effort: a cheap victory; cheap laughs. 4. Of or considered of small value: in wartime, when life was cheap. 5. Of poor quality; inferior: a cheap toy. 6. Worthy of no respect; vulgar or contemptible: a cheap gangster. 7. Stingy; miserly. adv. cheaper, cheapest Idioms: Inexpensively: got the new car cheap. cheap at twice the price Extremely inexpensive. on the cheap By inexpensive means; cheaply: traveled to Europe on the cheap. [From Middle English (god) chep, (good) price, purchase, bargain, from Old English cēap, trade, from Latin caupō, shopkeeper.] cheaply adv. cheapness n. |
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