chicken-feed

基本解释

• 一笔小数目的钱,小钱币

同根派生

英汉例句

• John and Bill worked very hard, but they were only paid chicken feed.
  约翰和比尔工作非常辛苦，可是只挣一点点钱。
• Four dollars an hour is chicken feed these days.
  如今一小时挣4美元实在少得可怜。
• To a man as rich as he is,$50 is chicken feed.
  对他这样的有钱人来说，50美元是个小数字。
• The problem seems to be chicken feed.
  这个问题似乎无足轻重。
• He pays his laborers chicken feed.
  他付给工人的工资少得可怜。