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单词 on the cheap
释义

cheap /chēp/

adjective
  1. Low in price or cost
  2. Charging low prices
  3. Of a low price in relation to the real or market value
  4. Easily obtained
  5. Obtained or gained using unworthy, low or contemptible means
  6. Of little value, or considered to be so
  7. Paltry
  8. Inferior
  9. Having low moral standards
  10. Vulgar
adverb
  1. At a low price
  2. In a vulgar manner
noun (obsolete)

Bargain, buyer's advantage

ORIGIN: OE cēap price, a bargain, and ceapian to buy; ON kaupa, Ger kaufen to buy

cheapˈen transitive verb

  1. To make cheap, to lower the price of
  2. To lower the reputation of
  3. To make vulgar or tawdry
  4. To beat down the price of, to bargain
  5. To ask the price of (archaic)

cheapˈener noun

cheapˈie or cheapˈy noun (informal)

Something which is low in price or cost (also adjective)

cheapˈish adjective

cheapˈly adverb

cheapˈness noun

cheapˈo adjective (informal; usu derogatory)

Cheap, esp with connotations of inferiority or tawdriness (also noun)

cheapˈ-jack (orig cheap Jack or cheap John) noun

A travelling hawker who professes to give great bargains

adjective

Inferior, of bad quality, worthless

cheap labour noun

Labour paid at a poor rate

cheap shot noun (informal)

  1. A blow administered to a person who is not in a position to defend against it
  2. An unkind remark or action directed at a weak or disadvantaged person

cheapˈskate noun (informal)

A miserly person

cheap and cheerful

Inexpensive but practical or attractive

cheap and nasty

Offensively inferior and of low value

cheap of (Scot)

  1. Having got off lightly with
  2. Served right

dirt cheap

Extremely or ridiculously cheap

feel cheap

To have a sense of inferiority and humiliation, esp relating to one's moral standards

on the cheap

Cheap or cheaply

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