shoestring

英 ['ʃuːstrɪŋ] 美 ['ʃuːstrɪŋ]

• adj. 小本经营的；微小的；像鞋带一样狭长的
• n. 鞋带；零星资本；小额资本

英英释义

Noun:

1. a lace used for fastening shoes

2. a small amount of money;

   "he managed it on a shoestring"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. The agency was a shoestring operation at first.
   这家经销店刚开始时是小本经营的生意。
2. The club exists on a shoestring budget.
   这家具乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。

用作名词 (n.)

1. The little boy was fumbling with a shoestring.
   小男孩在笨手笨脚地系鞋带。
2. I want to hold up to my badminton opponet in order to tie my shoestring.
   我要求我的羽毛球对手等一下，以便我系鞋带。
3. I've been living on a shoestring since my mother stopped sending me money.
   我的母亲停止给我寄钱之后，我的日子过得非常寒酸。
4. He started his business on a shoestring.
   他以小资本开始做生意。

经典引文

• She is not worthy to tie her majesty's shoe-strings.

  出自： Smollett

词汇搭配

• on a shoestring 小本经营地
• shoestring potatoes 拔丝土豆
• shoestring sand 带状砂层
• shoestring catch 在球刚落地前把它接住...
• shoestring margin 微薄的赚头short...

近反义词

【近义词】

• lace 鞋带
• shoe string 鞋带
• shoe lace 鞋带
• shoelace 鞋带