| 单词 | cheap |
| 释义 | cheap —cheapish, adj. —cheapishly, adv. —cheaply, adv. —cheapness, n. /cheep/, adj., cheaper, cheapest, adv. , n. adj. 1. costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress. 2. costing little labor or trouble: Words are cheap. 3. charging low prices: a very cheap store. 4. of little account; of small value; mean; shoddy: cheap conduct; cheap workmanship. 5. embarrassed; sheepish: He felt cheap about his mistake. 6. obtainable at a low rate of interest: when money is cheap. 7. of decreased value or purchasing power, as currency depreciated due to inflation. 8. stingy; miserly: He's too cheap to buy his own brother a cup of coffee. 9. cheap at twice the price, exceedingly inexpensive: I found this old chair for eight dollars - it would be cheap at twice the price. adv. 10. at a low price; at small cost: He is willing to sell cheap. n. 11. on the cheap, Informal. inexpensively; economically: She enjoys traveling on the cheap. [bef. 900; ME cheep (short for phrases, as good cheep cheap, lit., good bargain), OE ceap bargain, market, trade; c. G Kauf, ON kaup; all < L caupo innkeeper, tradesman; see CHAPMAN] Syn. 1, 4. CHEAP, INEXPENSIVE agree in their suggestion of low cost. CHEAP now usually suggests shoddiness, inferiority, showy imitation, complete unworthiness, and the like: a cheap kind of fur. INEXPENSIVE emphasizes lowness of price (although more expensive than CHEAP) and suggests that the value is fully equal to the cost: an inexpensive dress. It is often used as an evasion for the more specific CHEAP. 4. paltry, low, poor, inferior, base. Ant. 1. costly, dear, expensive. 8. generous, charitable. |
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