| 单词 | nickel-and-dime |
| 释义 | nickel-and-dime[ nik-uhl-uhn-dahym ] / ˈnɪk əl ənˈdaɪm / SEE SYNONYMS FOR nickel-and-dime ON THESAURUS.COM adjectiveof little or no importance; trivial; petty: a nickel-and-dime business that soon folded. verb (used with object), nick·el-and-dimed or nick·eled-and-dimed,nick·el-and-dim·ing or nick·el·ing-and-dim·ing.to expose to financial hardship or bankruptcy by the accumulation of small expenses, bills, etc.: We're being nickel-and-dimed to death by these small weekly expenses. to hinder, annoy, or harass with trivialities or nonessentials: to be nickeled-and-dimed by petty criticisms. Origin of nickel-and-dimeFirst recorded in 1965–70 Words nearby nickel-and-dimenicht wahr, Nicias, nick, nickel, nickel acetate, nickel-and-dime, Nickel Belt , nickel bloom, nickel-cadmium battery, nickel carbonyl, Nickel Centre Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for nickel-and-dime
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