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

• 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。
• No chicken feed for me, Catherine said.
  凯瑟琳说：我不是要小钱的人！
• The affair looks like chicken feed.
  这件绯闻看来无足轻重。
• 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
• 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。
• The Chinese drop in demand for chicken has been noted as a major factor in a worldwide fall in the price of soy, a prime chicken feed.
  中国对鸡肉需求的下降使作为饲料主要原料的大豆的国际价格走跌。
• The money I did earn was chicken feed.
  我挣的钱是杯水车薪。
• Jennifer: If I do that, I don't just earn chicken feed, I'll have to eat it as well.
  珍妮弗：如果这么做，我赚的钱不仅只够买鸡饲料，我恐怕还得真的吃它维生。
• 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。
• However, the application of new biotechnology and the control of chicken feed make the branded egg price higher than others.
  但是由于采用了先进的生物技术和对鸡饲料成分的严格控制，导致了品牌鸡蛋较高的生产成本，而其销售价格也就相对较高。