chicken feed

英 [ˈtʃɪkɪn fiːd]

美 [ˈtʃɪkɪn fiːd]

n.  一笔微不足道的钱; 一笔钱

牛津词典

noun

• 一笔微不足道的钱；一笔钱
  an amount of money that is not large enough to be important

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 微不足道的钱;很少的一点钱
  If you think that an amount of money is so small it is hardly worth having or considering, you can say that it ischicken feed.
  1. I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.
     我一年能赚上一百万，不过在流行音乐产业中，这点钱不值一提。

英英释义

noun

• an amphetamine derivative (trade name Methedrine) used in the form of a crystalline hydrochloride
  Synonym:methamphetaminemethamphetamine hydrochlorideMethedrinemethdeoxyephedrinechalkcrankglassiceshabutrash
• dry mash for poultry
  Synonym:scratch

双语例句

• I wouldn't work for them; they're only paying chicken feed for a very demanding job.
  我不愿为他们工作，对非常费力的工作，他们给的钱太少了。
• I was making a million a year, but that's chicken feed in the pop business.
  我一年能赚上一百万，不过在流行音乐产业中，这点钱不值一提。
• You are working for chicken feed. Work here and earn big money.
  你在为小钱而工作。到这里工作你可以赚大钱。
• She will work any job for chicken feed& a small amount of money.
  她会做一切工作，只是为了一点点薪水。
• For him, that's chicken feed& barely enough to cover travel and hotel expenses.
  对他来说，那笔钱太少了，只够支付旅行和旅馆费用。
• Mr. Tetrick points out that 1.8 trillion eggs are laid globally each year, and chicken feed much of it soy and corn, which require vast amounts of land, water, and fossil fuels to grow accounts for 70% of the cost of an egg.
  蒂特里克指出，全球每年生产的鸡蛋为1.8万亿个，而其中鸡饲料就占到鸡蛋成本的70%。鸡饲料大多为大豆和玉米，生长过程中需要大量土地、水和矿物燃料。
• Chicken feed also has another interesting meaning known to history experts at World War two spies and soldiers.
  对二战间谍和士兵有研究的历史专家们还知道，鸡食这个词还有一个很有趣的意思。
• The USDA and FDA said this week that chicken feed in some farms in Indiana contained byproducts from pet food manufactured with contaminated wheat gluten imported from China.
  美国农业部，食品和药物监督局本周表示在印第安纳州一些农场的肉鸡饲料含有从中国进口的小麦麸质生产出的宠物食品的副产品。
• Application of genetic algorithm to Simultaneous Spectrophotometric Determination of multi-elements in chicken feed
  遗传算法用于鸡饲料中6种元素的同时测定
• You are working for chicken feed.
  你在为小钱而工作。