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 commerce ministry did not say how it had calculated the level of subsidies received by US farmers, although it said they were the result of the subsidised corn and soyabeans used in chicken feed.
  中国商务部并未说明它是如何计算美国农民得到的补贴水平的，尽管它表示，这些补贴是鸡饲料中的玉米和大豆受到补贴的结果。
• The affair looks like chicken feed.
  这件绯闻看来无足轻重。
• 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。
• 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。
• Mr. Tetrick points out that 1.8 trillion eggs are laid globally each year, and chicken feed much of it soy and corn, which require vast amounts of land, water, and fossil fuels to grow accounts for 70% of the cost of an egg.
  蒂特里克指出，全球每年生产的鸡蛋为1.8万亿个，而其中鸡饲料就占到鸡蛋成本的70%。鸡饲料大多为大豆和玉米，生长过程中需要大量土地、水和矿物燃料。
• He pays his laborers chicken feed.
  他付给工人的工资少得可怜。
• The pay is chicken feed.
  工资真是太少了。
• Later, when asked about the factory, she said it was only making chicken feed.
  后来，当被问及这家工厂时，她说这只是一家制造鸡饲料的工厂。
• The Chinese drop in demand for chicken has been noted as a major factor in a worldwide fall in the price of soy, a prime chicken feed.
  中国对鸡肉需求的下降使作为饲料主要原料的大豆的国际价格走跌。