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。
• You are working for chicken feed.
  你在为小钱而工作。
• 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。
• The affair looks like chicken feed.
  这件绯闻看来无足轻重。
• 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。
• Four dollar an hour be chicken feed these day.
  如今一小时挣4美元实在少得可怜。
• 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。
• 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。
• The USDA and FDA said this week that chicken feed in some farms in Indiana contained byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China.
  美国农业部，食品和药物监督局本周表示在印第安纳州一些农场的肉鸡饲料含有从中国进口的小麦麸质生产出的宠物食品的副产品。
• This was chicken feed compared to the wealth that my father amassed.
  和我父亲积累的财富相比，这仅是区区小数。