peanut

Word family nounpeanut butterpeanut

Related topics: Food, dish

pea·nut /ˈpiːnʌt/ S3 noun

[countableC]DFF a pale brown nut in a thin shell which grows under the ground （落）花生 SYN groundnut

a packet of roasted peanuts

一袋烤花生

→4 See picture of 见图 NUT 1 →5 see picture at 见图 nut1

2 peanuts informalLITTLE/NOT MUCH a very small amount of money 微不足道的一小笔钱

The hotel workers get paid peanuts.

酒店工作人员的薪酬十分微薄。

I’m tired of working for peanuts.

我受够了为一点点小钱而卖力。

Examples from the Corpus

working for peanuts• What this ends up with is the artists working for peanuts and handing over the copyrights.• They are not working for peanuts for the fun of it.• In other words, you don't have to go on working for peanuts!

Examples from the Corpus

peanut• The whole business seemed to have shrunk in importance to the size of a peanut anyway.• Remove from heat and beat in sugars, syrup, eggs, milk and peanuts.• Savoy Crunch peanuts are coated in a crispy shell in smoked bacon or sweet and sour flavours.• salted peanuts• The peanut program allows only farmers with a federal quota to grow peanuts for the domestic market.• He noticed, as she sliced the bread and spread it clumsily with peanut butter, that her hands were shaking.

单词	peanut
释义	peanut Word family nounpeanut butterpeanut Related topics: Food, dish pea·nut /ˈpiːnʌt/ ●●● S3 noun 1 [countableC]DFF a pale brown nut in a thin shell which grows under the ground （落）花生 SYN groundnut a packet of roasted peanuts 一袋烤花生 →4 See picture of 见图 NUT 1 →5 see picture at 见图 nut1 2 peanuts informalLITTLE/NOT MUCH a very small amount of money 微不足道的一小笔钱 The hotel workers get paid peanuts. 酒店工作人员的薪酬十分微薄。 I’m tired of working for peanuts. 我受够了为一点点小钱而卖力。 Examples from the Corpus working for peanuts• What this ends up with is the artists working for peanuts and handing over the copyrights.• They are not working for peanuts for the fun of it.• In other words, you don't have to go on working for peanuts! Examples from the Corpus peanut• The whole business seemed to have shrunk in importance to the size of a peanut anyway.• Remove from heat and beat in sugars, syrup, eggs, milk and peanuts.• Savoy Crunch peanuts are coated in a crispy shell in smoked bacon or sweet and sour flavours.• salted peanuts• The peanut program allows only farmers with a federal quota to grow peanuts for the domestic market.• He noticed, as she sliced the bread and spread it clumsily with peanut butter, that her hands were shaking.
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