peanut
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural peanuts
plural peanuts
Learner's definition of PEANUT
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[count] : a nut with a thin shell that grows under the ground and that can be eaten花生 — often used before another noun常用于另一名词前
- roasted peanuts烤花生
- peanut oil花生油
— called also (British) groundnut
2
peanuts [plural] informal : a very small amount of money小钱；很少的钱
- Five billion dollars is peanuts compared to what the government spends each year.相比政府每年的开支，五十亿美元不算什么。
- He works all day for peanuts.他为了微薄的收入而整天工作。
