单词 | peanuts |
释义 | peanuts From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary EnglishpeanutspeanutsinformalLITTLE/NOT MUCH a very small amount of moneypaid peanuts. The hotel workers get working for peanuts. I’m tired of → peanutExamples from the Corpusworking for peanuts• What this ends up with is the artists working for peanuts and handing over the copyrights.• They are not working for peanuts for the fun of it.• In other words, you don't have to go on working for peanuts!PeanutsPeanutsa humorous US cartoon strip (=a set of drawings that tell a story in a newspaper or magazine) by Charles Schultz, about a boy called Charlie Brown, who is nice but not very confident and often unlucky. Other characters include his dog Snoopy, his sister Sally, and his friends Lucy, Linus, Pigpen, Peppermint Patty, and Schroeder.From Longman Business Dictionarypeanutspea‧nuts /ˈpiːnʌts/ noun [uncountable] informal a very small amount of something, usually moneySome of the best investments are made for peanuts.Their earnings are peanuts compared with the salaries of the top managers. |
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