| 单词 | cheap |
| 释义 | cheap (once / 154 pages) 1adj 2adj 3adj 4adj Something cheap doesn't cost much money. But watch out, because cheap things are also often cheaply made. When prices are low, they're cheap: that's a good thing. However, this word is often an insult. Hitting someone who isn't looking is a cheap shot. Things that aren't very well made and use low-quality materials are cheap. When someone — especially a woman — is dressed in a trashy way, people say "You look cheap!" And if you have a stingy Uncle Scrooge in your family, you can call him cheap or even a cheapskate. WORD FAMILYcheap: cheapen, cheaper, cheapest, cheaply, cheapness+/cheapen: cheapened, cheapening, cheapens/cheapness: cheapnesses USAGE EXAMPLES“Even 200 basis points is not an issue…It’s still cheap.” Wall Street Journal(Jan 02, 2017) Lots of vegetables, which are cheap; lots of grains and beans. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) He showered a handful of businesses with favors such as tax benefits, cheap electricity, a buy-Korea policy and the suppression of organized labor. New York Times(Jan 02, 2017) 1 adj relatively low in price or charging low prices 2it would have been cheap at twice the price Syn|Ant inexpensive bargain-priced, cut-price, cut-rate costing less than standard price catchpennydesigned to sell quickly without concern for quality dirt cheapvery cheap low-budgetmade on or suited to a limited budget affordable, low-cost, low-pricedthat you have the financial means for nickel-and-dimelow-paying sixpenny, threepenny, tuppeny, two-a-penny, twopenny, twopenny-halfpennyof trifling worth expensive high in price or charging high prices big-ticket, high-ticketvery expensive costly, dear, high-priced, pricey, pricyhaving a high price costly, dearly-wonentailing great loss or sacrifice overpricedtoo costly for the value valuablehaving great material or monetary value especially for use or exchange adj of very poor quality; flimsy 3Syn bum, cheesy, chintzy, crummy, punk, sleazy, tinny inferior of low or inferior quality adj tastelessly showy 4Syn brassy, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, loud, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy tasteless lacking aesthetic or social taste adj embarrassingly stingy Syn chinchy, chintzy stingy, ungenerous unwilling to spend |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含147318条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。