Definition of shoestring in English:

shoestring

nounˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ

1informal A small or inadequate budget.
〈非正式〉小额资本，零星资金
many early studies were done on a shoestring
as modifier a shoestring budget
金额极小的预算。
Example sentencesExamples
- Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning.
- A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs.
- I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to.
- Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’
- He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring.
- It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring.
- Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public.
- All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts.
- It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.
- It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
- However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success.
- Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring.
- A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune.
- The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion.
- Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years.
- It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here.
- The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring.
- With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus.
- Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us.
- Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’
Synonyms
very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum
2North American A shoelace.
〈北美〉鞋带
Example sentencesExamples
- Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form.
- Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it.
- He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up.
- Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings.
- He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings.
- As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face.
- Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied?
- We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings.
- My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine.
- The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement.
Synonyms
shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie

adjectiveˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ

North American

(of a save or tackle in sport) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground.
〈北美〉（体育比赛救球或擒抱摔倒）近踝部的；接近地面的
the Mets center fielder made a shoestring catch
a shoestring tackle
金额极小的预算。
Example sentencesExamples
- But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line.
- Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.
- Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads.
- Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me.
- This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards.

Definition of shoestring in US English:

shoestring

nounˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ

1informal A small or inadequate budget.
〈非正式〉小额资本，零星资金
as modifier a shoestring budget
金额极小的预算。
they proved capable of producing high-quality material on a shoestring
他们证明了仅靠小本经营也能生产出高质量的材料。
Example sentencesExamples
- All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts.
- It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring.
- Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring.
- A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs.
- Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning.
- It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring.
- It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job.
- Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us.
- Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’
- With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus.
- Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’
- Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years.
- It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here.
- A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune.
- The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion.
- The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring.
- Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public.
- However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success.
- He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring.
- I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to.
Synonyms
very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum
2North American A shoelace.
〈北美〉鞋带
Example sentencesExamples
- Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied?
- As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face.
- Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form.
- He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings.
- He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up.
- Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it.
- The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement.
- Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings.
- My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine.
- We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings.
Synonyms
shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie

adjectiveˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ

North American

attributive (of a save or tackle in sports) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground.
〈北美〉（体育比赛救球或擒抱摔倒）近踝部的；接近地面的
Example sentencesExamples
- But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line.
- This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards.
- Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me.
- Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads.
- Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.

单词	shoestring
释义	Definition of shoestring in English: shoestring nounˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ 1informal A small or inadequate budget. 〈非正式〉小额资本，零星资金 many early studies were done on a shoestring as modifier a shoestring budget 金额极小的预算。 Example sentencesExamples Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning. A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs. I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to. Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’ He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring. It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring. Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public. All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts. It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring. It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job. However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success. Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring. A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune. The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion. Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years. It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here. The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring. With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus. Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us. Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’ Synonyms very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum 2North American A shoelace. 〈北美〉鞋带 Example sentencesExamples Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form. Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it. He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up. Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings. He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings. As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face. Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied? We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings. My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine. The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement. Synonyms shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie adjectiveˈʃuːstrɪŋˈʃuˌstrɪŋ North American (of a save or tackle in sport) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground. 〈北美〉（体育比赛救球或擒抱摔倒）近踝部的；接近地面的 the Mets center fielder made a shoestring catch a shoestring tackle 金额极小的预算。 Example sentencesExamples But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line. Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles. Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads. Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me. This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards. Definition of shoestring in US English: shoestring nounˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ 1informal A small or inadequate budget. 〈非正式〉小额资本，零星资金 as modifier a shoestring budget 金额极小的预算。 they proved capable of producing high-quality material on a shoestring 他们证明了仅靠小本经营也能生产出高质量的材料。 Example sentencesExamples All its success is built on a shoestring, and now it must make more cuts. It was comparatively cheap to other courses but was always run on a shoestring. Many of the small neighborhood stores and restaurants, particularly those in poor areas, were already operating on a shoestring. A real Scottish success story, this not-for-profit business was launched on a shoestring in 1999, and now reaches out to 500 social entrepreneurs. Her organisation, already operating on a shoestring, is likely to close, after nearly six years of campaigning. It was such a rags to riches story which the brothers did on a shoestring. It brings prestige to Scotland on a shoestring, and a great deal is done by people for whom it's a crusade, not a job. Most B&B owners aren't millionaires, we run our budget on a shoestring so this is desperate for us. Even that sort of budget, says Blair, means ‘you run on a shoestring: you spend no money on a motor-home and stay in cheap hotels.’ With only $24 million at her disposal, less than 2% of the UN's budget, she is operating on a shoestring and facing problems that would have daunted Sisyphus. Working on a shoestring - ‘I had some wheeling and dealing to do because we didn't have a penny in the piggy bank.’ Having proven his ability to operate successfully on a shoestring budget he is regarded as a prime candidate to return to the cash-strapped club he served for many years. It operates on a shoestring so it may be unkind to point to the very poor production values, but it and others have solved problems more creatively than is the case here. A documentary on the subject, made on a shoestring, has proved a surprise hit and reaped a small fortune. The shop has helped me to get married on a shoestring, and yet still be able to wear a stunning dress for the occasion. The consensus of everyone is that it will be painful, but you cannot run a council as large as ours on a shoestring. Readers might well ask how on earth it can be that a website operating on a shoestring is left to provide such a vital and basic service to the public. However, despite throwing a walloping £19 million at a system that worked very well thank you on a shoestring, the corps has not been an unqualified success. He said the eclectic team included ‘students, young graduates, bank managers and housewives’, all operating on a shoestring. I don't want them living on a shoestring unless they absolutely have to. Synonyms very small sum, pittance, trifle, trifling sum, drop in the ocean, insignificant sum, derisory sum, paltry sum 2North American A shoelace. 〈北美〉鞋带 Example sentencesExamples Do you like to be followed around by a horde of first-graders who need to be shown how to tie their shoestrings each time the shoes need to be tied? As we were taking the field, in front of a crowd between 30,000 and 40,000, I tripped on my shoestring and fell flat on my face. Several of the drawings were laced together with shoestrings in primitive book form. He was wearing calf-high black boots with gray shoestrings. He ties rope, old shoestring, clothes hangers around his waist to keep his pants up. Glen plopped down beside us, and idly played with one of my shoestrings as he read through it. The shoelace-and-one-Velcro-strap closure gives easy access and a secure, adjustable fit with minimal shoestring / Velcro entanglement. Instead, I went out and bought me some new shoestrings. My fingers stumble a little as I knot the shoestring into a bow, like dancers in an unfamiliar routine. We need to replace his button shirts with the pullover kind; pants should have elastic waists, and not belts; shoes should have Velcro, instead of shoestrings. Synonyms shoelace, bootlace, lacing, string, cord, thong, twine, tie adjectiveˈSHo͞oˌstriNGˈʃuˌstrɪŋ North American attributive (of a save or tackle in sports) near or around the ankles or feet, or just above the ground. 〈北美〉（体育比赛救球或擒抱摔倒）近踝部的；接近地面的 Example sentencesExamples But Hansen got back onto his feet in the blink of an eye, somehow got downfield, and dove to make a game-saving, shoestring tackle at the seven-yard line. This drill teaches players to put their hand down when someone like tries to shoestring tackle them and fight for extra yards. Though if I use a stiff arm they'll fall down and shoestring tackle me. Not a shoestring tackle - I'm talking pads on pads. Over 600 individual animations are in the game, allowing everything from shoestring catches to wrap tackles.
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