chicken feed

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪn fiːd]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪn fiːd]

n.  一笔微不足道的钱; 一笔钱

牛津词典

noun

• 一笔微不足道的钱；一笔钱
  an amount of money that is not large enough to be important

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 微不足道的钱;很少的一点钱
  If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it ischicken feed.
  1. I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.
     我一年能赚上一百万，不过在流行音乐产业中，这点钱不值一提。

英英释义

noun

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride
  Synonym:methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkcrankglassiceshabutrash
• dry mash for poultry
  Synonym:scratch

双语例句

• The money I did earn was chicken feed.
  我挣的钱是杯水车薪。
• The con master gave the painter a little chicken feed while he himself lived the life of Riley forever.
  巨骗给漆匠一点零头，自己却过著富埒王侯的生活。
• The results indicate that when humic acid accounts for 1.22% of mixed chicken feed, chicken can gain the rapidest weight. Within such content scope the more humic acid is added, the more noticeable weight-increasing results are.
  结果表明，腐植酸在肉用仔鸡配合饲料中的含量为1.22%时，肉鸡增重最快，在这一含量范围内，含量越高增重越显著；
• I wouldn't work for them; they're only paying chicken feed for a very demanding job.
  我不愿为他们工作，对非常费力的工作，他们给的钱太少了。
• Four dollar an hour be chicken feed these day.
  如今一小时挣4美元实在少得可怜。
• Lack of chicken feed means that chicken farms are having to slaughter their stock.
  鸡饲料的缺乏意味着养鸡场将不得不杀掉饲养的鸡。
• You are working for chicken feed.
  你在为小钱而工作。
• Jennifer: If I do that, I don't just earn chicken feed, I'll have to eat it as well.
  珍妮弗：如果这么做，我赚的钱不仅只够买鸡饲料，我恐怕还得真的吃它维生。
• She will work any job for chicken feed& a small amount of money.
  她会做一切工作，只是为了一点点薪水。
• The affair looks like chicken feed.
  这件绯闻看来无足轻重。