Word · Frequency #23956
shoestrings
小额资金;少量资金
shoestrings is the plural of shoestring.
核心释义
a small amount of money
- 1.
细长的物体,类似鞋带(义项1)。
An object that is long and thin, like a shoestring (sense 1).
- 2.
主要用于 on a shoestring 短语中:指极少的资金;预算紧张。
Chiefly in on a shoestring: very little money; a tight budget.
细长的物体,类似鞋带(义项1)。;主要用于 on a shoestring 短语中:指极少的资金;预算紧张。;鞋带;小额资本
用法In use
They launched the company on a shoestring and slowly grew it.
用法提示:shoestring是名词,在on a shoestring中表示“极少的钱”。
She saved every penny and managed to travel around the world on a shoestring.
用法提示:shoestring作名词,用于on a shoestring,指用很少的钱。
He is used to living on a shoestring, so the low salary does not bother him.
用法提示:shoestring作名词,构成on a shoestring,表示“以极少的钱”。
on a shoestring
固定搭配,表示“用极少的钱”,常与 travel、live、run 等动词搭配。
They traveled around the world on a shoestring.
他们靠很少的钱环游了世界。
a shoestring budget
shoestring budget 指非常有限的预算,是名词短语,常作 have 或 with 等的宾语。
相关词与表达Connections
搭配Collocations
- on a shoestring
- 以极少的钱;预算很低
- They traveled around the world on a shoestring.他们靠极少的钱环游了世界。
- shoestring budget
- 极少的预算;微薄资金
- The movie was made on a shoestring budget.这部电影是用极少的预算拍成的。
- run on a shoestring
- 靠极少资金运转;小本经营
- The small shop runs on a shoestring.这家小店靠极少的资金维持经营。
- live on a shoestring
- 靠很少的钱生活;生活拮据
- She has been living on a shoestring since she lost her job.自从失业以来,她一直靠很少的钱生活。
- start on a shoestring
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧Memory Tip
想象鞋带又细又长,像一条细线,只能挂住很少的钱;所以 shoestring 指“小额资金”。
语境与语域Context & Register
语域:informal 常见场景:日常口语、创业或小本经营、新闻报道中的生活成本话题 这里取“少量资金/小额资本”一义。表示“用很少的钱”时,通常出现在非正式语境,尤其是 on a shoestring 这一搭配,多用于口语或轻松的报道中。
发音与拼写Pronunciation & Spelling
与 shoestring 的结尾 /strɪŋ/ 完全相同的词:string, hamstring, drawstring, bowstring。注意:sting (/stɪŋ/) 没有 /r/ 音,spring (/sprɪŋ/) 是 /pr/ 而不是 /tr/,发音不同。
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