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

cheap /chēp/

adjective

Low in price or cost

Charging low prices

Of a low price in relation to the real or market value

Easily obtained

Obtained or gained using unworthy, low or contemptible means

Of little value, or considered to be so

Paltry

Inferior

Having low moral standards

Vulgar

adverb

At a low price

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

To make cheap, to lower the price of

To lower the reputation of

To make vulgar or tawdry

To beat down the price of, to bargain

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)

A blow administered to a person who is not in a position to defend against it
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)

Having got off lightly with
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