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noun kwɪdkwɪd British informal One pound sterling. 〈英，非正式〉一英镑 we paid him four hundred quid 我们付给他400英镑。 Example sentencesExamples - I said that a customer is somebody who pays for goods or services, and if he wanted any more input from me it would cost him five quid a word.
- The brushes I'd found were a cheap, bargain lot I picked up in Swansea for a couple of quid some time last year.
- He was fined seventy quid and given fifty pounds costs against him.
- Is there anybody out there who still fancies putting a quid on a horse this morning?
- The lodger has moved out, leaving me three hundred quid a month short.
- For a modest two quid you get a glass of wine or a soft drink too.
- However, the owner refused to pay me more than two quid an hour, and even I had standards.
- It cost me fifty quid, or about seventy-five US dollars and I was happy to pay it.
- Well done everyone, it was the best five quid I have spent in a long time.
- I was twenty four at the time, and I hadn't yet paid back a single penny of the three thousand quid he lent me to buy my first car.
- I for one would be prepared to pay up to a quid and not a penny more.
- If you've ever wondered why a small tub of hummus costs around a quid you should try making it yourself.
- If you drop a pound into the collecting box of a registered charity, that's all it gets - one shiny quid.
- Save yourself a couple of quid a week by reading them online instead.
- Watch this space to see how the three hundred and fifty pound camera compares with the thirty quid webcam.
- Many banks will let you open a high-interest savings account with just a quid.
- Its spending power may have decreased, but you can still pick up bargains for a quid.
- But small amounts - a couple of quid here, a few pence there - can add up quite quickly.
- You pay forty quid a month to watch advertising you also pay for.
Phrases he made a quid playing golf Example sentencesExamples - I settled on a quiet life teaching English and history to make a quid.
- The good thing about that development was it is a great example that developers just don't come in, want to make a quick quid, and get out.
- The miners who'll dig the stuff up will make a quid, of course.
- It was uncomfortable and crowded because the captain or the first mate was making a quid on the side by carrying more passengers than manifested.
- I drive a taxi for a living and am stuggling to make a quid.
- Australia has one of the most globalised western economies in the world but have the stampede of foreign investors actually made a quid Down Under?
- I reckon the silly buggers believe us and think they can make a quid!
- With unemployment so low and everyone working longer and harder to make a quid, it seems no-one's got any time left to show the next generation the ropes.
- This longstanding way of making a quid for the smarties is now being sort of retailed to ordinary people who don't really understand it and don't understand the risks that they're running.
- You've got a smallish reading public and to make a quid you have to zero your magazine fairly precisely.
informal Not very intelligent. 〈澳/新西兰，非正式〉不很聪明的
informal In a position where one has profited or is likely to profit from something. 〈英，非正式〉获得利润的；可能受益的 put your brain power to the test—you could be quids in with a cash prize Example sentencesExamples - I thought that if you were a woman you were quids in.
- However, those who took advantage of the fixed-rate deals on offer before the upward movement are quids in.
- As long as the share price rises, and for that there is no guarantee, then staff should be quids in, as long as they stay with the bank.
- In areas where purchase prices are cheap, but high student numbers keep rents high, they will be quids in by subsidising their offspring through higher education if they buy a house to let out to others at the college.
- If there's ever a call for that kind of skill in the cut-throat world of international communications, I'll be quids in.
- If Premiership status is achieved, they'll be quids in.
- Keeping on top of dates which must not be missed and putting a little thought into finances will pay off, hopefully leaving you quids in come the end of December.
- The more sceptical claimed the council would be quids in by selling off the old school site, but no, that had nothing to do with it - it was purely a matter of space, said the council.
- Bargain hunters have been cashing in big-time on a discount bonanza which has left them quids in at the check-outs.
- While novelists rely solely on the revenue from book sales, songwriters, in theory, can still be quids in even without a solitary record being sold.
Synonyms thriving, doing well, prospering, buoyant, expanding, flourishing, successful, strong, vigorous, productive, profitable, booming, burgeoning, fruitful, roaring, golden, palmy
OriginLate 17th century (denoting a sovereign): of obscure origin. Nowadays quid is an informal word for one pound sterling, but it formerly referred specifically to a sovereign, a gold coin worth a pound. Its origin is unknown. In Australian English someone who is not the full quid is not very intelligent—in Britain the equivalent is not the full shilling. To be quids in is to be in luck or in a fortunate position, an expression that dates from the First World War.
Rhymesamid, backslid, bid, did, forbid, grid, hid, id, kid, Kidd, lid, Madrid, mid, outbid, outdid, rid, skid, slid, squid, underbid, yid noun kwɪdkwɪd A lump of tobacco for chewing. （咀嚼的）烟草块 Example sentencesExamples - Almost all habitual chewers use tobacco with or without the betel quid.
- I rehydrated the dried leaves and rolled up three quids.
- Aagaard recorded that some of the crewmen traded fossils for tobacco, quoting them as saying, ‘What were fossils good for when you had Navy cut and juicy quids?’
OriginEarly 18th century: variant of cud. nounkwɪdkwid British informal One pound sterling. 〈英，非正式〉一英镑 we paid him four hundred quid 我们付给他400英镑。 Example sentencesExamples - Watch this space to see how the three hundred and fifty pound camera compares with the thirty quid webcam.
- It cost me fifty quid, or about seventy-five US dollars and I was happy to pay it.
- Save yourself a couple of quid a week by reading them online instead.
- If you drop a pound into the collecting box of a registered charity, that's all it gets - one shiny quid.
- If you've ever wondered why a small tub of hummus costs around a quid you should try making it yourself.
- Many banks will let you open a high-interest savings account with just a quid.
- But small amounts - a couple of quid here, a few pence there - can add up quite quickly.
- You pay forty quid a month to watch advertising you also pay for.
- He was fined seventy quid and given fifty pounds costs against him.
- Well done everyone, it was the best five quid I have spent in a long time.
- The brushes I'd found were a cheap, bargain lot I picked up in Swansea for a couple of quid some time last year.
- I was twenty four at the time, and I hadn't yet paid back a single penny of the three thousand quid he lent me to buy my first car.
- I for one would be prepared to pay up to a quid and not a penny more.
- I said that a customer is somebody who pays for goods or services, and if he wanted any more input from me it would cost him five quid a word.
- Its spending power may have decreased, but you can still pick up bargains for a quid.
- For a modest two quid you get a glass of wine or a soft drink too.
- However, the owner refused to pay me more than two quid an hour, and even I had standards.
- Is there anybody out there who still fancies putting a quid on a horse this morning?
- The lodger has moved out, leaving me three hundred quid a month short.
OriginLate 17th century (denoting a sovereign): of obscure origin. nounkwɪdkwid A lump of tobacco for chewing. （咀嚼的）烟草块 Example sentencesExamples - Almost all habitual chewers use tobacco with or without the betel quid.
- I rehydrated the dried leaves and rolled up three quids.
- Aagaard recorded that some of the crewmen traded fossils for tobacco, quoting them as saying, ‘What were fossils good for when you had Navy cut and juicy quids?’
OriginEarly 18th century: variant of cud. |