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单词 cheapo
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Definition of cheapo in English:

cheapo

adjective ˈtʃiːpəʊˈtʃipoʊ
informal
  • Inexpensive and typically of inferior quality.

    〈非正式〉价廉质次的

    a cheapo version of the guitar

    低档吉他。

    Example sentencesExamples
    • No more brown and white tiles or horrendous cheapo panelling, please.
    • So Nicky gets married in a cheapo chapel in Vegas.
    • Forget those sickly vanillin cheapo Riojas - this is class in a glass and drinks well now.
    • Nobody paid attention when he rode his ancient, cheapo mountain bike, but as soon as he got the new one, every guy on the block had to have a bike, too.
    • As to mobiles, I have a three-year-old cheapo pay-as-you-go that doesn't take pictures or show videos, which, I realise, makes me hideously unfashionable.
    • It was the cheapo model with cloth seats, and we saved a further three pounds and ten shillings hand painting the registration numbers ourselves.
    • If you buy cheapo skates, your skating experience will suck.
    • Culled from a slag heap of cable-access shows, cheapo action movies, inane sitcoms and tabloid news shows, these images are unfit for human consumption.
    • I don't want to just get some old cheapie school backpack a) because they fall apart too fast and b) because they have no style.
    • She made me buy her some purple hair dye, and a selection of cheapie drinks for the party.
    • Anyway, the central heating passed its test and so I'm heading out to buy a digital camera, despite my rather fond feelings for my current, cheapo version.
    • I also bought some cheapo keychains that had little lights in them.
    • For Americans with a taste for overseas destinations, cheapie off-season flights to Europe and bargain hotels often seem like the easiest and most obvious way to go.
    • One can assume that funds weren't available in this cheapie production to even properly stage a murder sequence, so somehow a strobing red light onscreen signifies when a killing has occurred.
    • I still have most of it today - the muddle of contrasting strands of tinsel, cheapo lights, silly looking plastic icicles and homemade snowflakes, and yes, I still put them up every year - height clearance permitting.
    • We forgot to mention how available their cartoons are if you want to cruise by the cheapo DVD displays at some department stores.
    • But if all else fails, you can now publish it yourself, in any one of a dozen formats from cheapo ebook to relatively expensive hardback.
    • We arrive at the ferry terminal five hours early, go straight to the check-in and they change my original, late night, cheapo booking to one for the next ferry at no extra charge.
    • It's an eyesore and looks like a dog's dinner of cheapo construction.
    • Unfortunately, while the Garden Bakery maintains its place in my dining pantheon, the restaurant half of the business is absolutely no threat to every rocker's favorite cheapo Chinese haunt.
    Synonyms
    poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck
nounPlural cheapos ˈtʃiːpəʊˈtʃipoʊ
informal
  • Something that is inexpensive and tyically of inferior quality.

    higher quality shoes wear more slowly than cheapos
    Example sentencesExamples
    • In general, those sold for game fishing tend to be better than cheapies from the local garage.
    • They're $45 per person, and include two free drinks (and cheapies after those have gone), gourmet finger food, a chance to win loads of prizes, including a dinner cruise, and plenty of great conversation starters.
    • Bars are split into brewpubs, those with food, with terraces, fly-drawing cheapies and more.
    • He made so many cheapies in Europe and North America that a complete inventory of his movies is fairly impossible.
    • If you must shop for wine in a French hypermarket, my advice is to avoid the cheapies and to trade up to appellation contrôlée bottles at £5 - £10 a bottle.
    • I think it's good to invest in classics or special, interesting pieces, but T-shirts and other basics can be cheapies.
    • Higher quality shoes wear more slowly that cheapos, but they all wear in the same way.
    • Like you, my first experiences with sparkling wines were the cheapies served at weddings in those plastic saucerlike glasses.
    • It would be dishonest of me to sing this film's praises, transfer-wise - the fact is, this movie looks like a cheapie made-for-TV flick.
    • With classical recitals on the central patio, well-stocked CD cabinets (all 14 rooms have hi-fis) and lots of surrealist art, it has bags more character than most cheapies.
    • But it's not a cheapie: the per-unit wholesale price is around $50 to $75, depending on the volume.
    • Please pay me in shoes and handbags - no cheapies please!
    • An acquaintance assures me that this was simply due to the fact that this was a low-spec model, a cheapie, and that other models have features-a-plenty.
    • What's more the top 10 selling cars last month weren't all medium price or cheapies either.
    • I've owned my computer for three years and it wasn't a cheapo when I bought it.

Origin

From cheap + -o.

Rhymes

Ipoh, peep-bo, repo

Definition of cheapo in US English:

cheapo

adjectiveˈtʃipoʊˈCHēpō
informal
  • Inexpensive and typically of inferior quality.

    〈非正式〉价廉质次的

    a cheapo guitar
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Forget those sickly vanillin cheapo Riojas - this is class in a glass and drinks well now.
    • We forgot to mention how available their cartoons are if you want to cruise by the cheapo DVD displays at some department stores.
    • Culled from a slag heap of cable-access shows, cheapo action movies, inane sitcoms and tabloid news shows, these images are unfit for human consumption.
    • Anyway, the central heating passed its test and so I'm heading out to buy a digital camera, despite my rather fond feelings for my current, cheapo version.
    • We arrive at the ferry terminal five hours early, go straight to the check-in and they change my original, late night, cheapo booking to one for the next ferry at no extra charge.
    • No more brown and white tiles or horrendous cheapo panelling, please.
    • I also bought some cheapo keychains that had little lights in them.
    • It's an eyesore and looks like a dog's dinner of cheapo construction.
    • She made me buy her some purple hair dye, and a selection of cheapie drinks for the party.
    • For Americans with a taste for overseas destinations, cheapie off-season flights to Europe and bargain hotels often seem like the easiest and most obvious way to go.
    • I don't want to just get some old cheapie school backpack a) because they fall apart too fast and b) because they have no style.
    • It was the cheapo model with cloth seats, and we saved a further three pounds and ten shillings hand painting the registration numbers ourselves.
    • Nobody paid attention when he rode his ancient, cheapo mountain bike, but as soon as he got the new one, every guy on the block had to have a bike, too.
    • If you buy cheapo skates, your skating experience will suck.
    • But if all else fails, you can now publish it yourself, in any one of a dozen formats from cheapo ebook to relatively expensive hardback.
    • As to mobiles, I have a three-year-old cheapo pay-as-you-go that doesn't take pictures or show videos, which, I realise, makes me hideously unfashionable.
    • Unfortunately, while the Garden Bakery maintains its place in my dining pantheon, the restaurant half of the business is absolutely no threat to every rocker's favorite cheapo Chinese haunt.
    • I still have most of it today - the muddle of contrasting strands of tinsel, cheapo lights, silly looking plastic icicles and homemade snowflakes, and yes, I still put them up every year - height clearance permitting.
    • One can assume that funds weren't available in this cheapie production to even properly stage a murder sequence, so somehow a strobing red light onscreen signifies when a killing has occurred.
    • So Nicky gets married in a cheapo chapel in Vegas.
    Synonyms
    poor-quality, second-rate, third-rate, substandard, low-grade, inferior, common, vulgar, shoddy, trashy, rubbishy, tawdry, tinny, brassy, worthless, meretricious, cheap and nasty, cheapjack, gimcrack, brummagem, pinchbeck
nounˈtʃipoʊˈCHēpō
informal
  • Something that is inexpensive and tyically of inferior quality.

    higher quality shoes wear more slowly than cheapos
    Example sentencesExamples
    • I've owned my computer for three years and it wasn't a cheapo when I bought it.
    • Like you, my first experiences with sparkling wines were the cheapies served at weddings in those plastic saucerlike glasses.
    • Higher quality shoes wear more slowly that cheapos, but they all wear in the same way.
    • It would be dishonest of me to sing this film's praises, transfer-wise - the fact is, this movie looks like a cheapie made-for-TV flick.
    • What's more the top 10 selling cars last month weren't all medium price or cheapies either.
    • He made so many cheapies in Europe and North America that a complete inventory of his movies is fairly impossible.
    • Bars are split into brewpubs, those with food, with terraces, fly-drawing cheapies and more.
    • They're $45 per person, and include two free drinks (and cheapies after those have gone), gourmet finger food, a chance to win loads of prizes, including a dinner cruise, and plenty of great conversation starters.
    • With classical recitals on the central patio, well-stocked CD cabinets (all 14 rooms have hi-fis) and lots of surrealist art, it has bags more character than most cheapies.
    • If you must shop for wine in a French hypermarket, my advice is to avoid the cheapies and to trade up to appellation contrôlée bottles at £5 - £10 a bottle.
    • I think it's good to invest in classics or special, interesting pieces, but T-shirts and other basics can be cheapies.
    • But it's not a cheapie: the per-unit wholesale price is around $50 to $75, depending on the volume.
    • An acquaintance assures me that this was simply due to the fact that this was a low-spec model, a cheapie, and that other models have features-a-plenty.
    • Please pay me in shoes and handbags - no cheapies please!
    • In general, those sold for game fishing tend to be better than cheapies from the local garage.

Origin

From cheap + -o.

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