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

eke

(iːk )

Word forms: ekes , eking , eked

eke a living phrase

If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money.

That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides. [+ off]

He ekes out a living with a market stall.

He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day.

Phrasal verbs:

eke out

phrasal verb

If you eke out something, you make your supply of it last as long as possible.

Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks. [VERB PARTICLE noun]

[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]

单词	eke
释义	eke (iːk ) Word forms: ekes , eking , eked eke a living phrase If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money. That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides. [+ off] He ekes out a living with a market stall. He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day. Phrasal verbs: eke out phrasal verb If you eke out something, you make your supply of it last as long as possible. Many workers can only eke out their redundancy money for about 10 weeks. [VERB PARTICLE noun] [Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
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