核心畫面

A small pale brown nut in a thin, shell that grows under the ground — cheap, everywhere, sold by the bag and eaten a handful at a time. That very smallness and cheapness is what the second sense borrows.

可以想成一顆躲在薄薄脆殼裡的小小淡褐色果仁,長在土底下,一抓就是一把,便宜到隨處都買得到。正因為它又小又不值錢,英文更多收起可以想成一顆躲在薄薄脆殼裡的小小淡褐色果仁,長在土底下,一抓就是一把,便宜到隨處都買得到。正因為它又小又不值錢,英文才會拿它來形容「少得可憐」的錢。

原始詞典資料5 筆記錄

以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,原文照列,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。

Peanutname

  • 1

    A given name for a pet animal.

peanutnoun/ˈpiːnʌt/

  • 1

    A legume resembling a nut, the fruit of the plant Arachis hypogaea, native to South America.

    • He always liked eating peanuts along with tea before biscuits came into his life.
  • 2

    Synonym of countneck (“very small hard clam”).

  • 3

    See peanuts (“very small amount”).

peanutverb/ˈpiːnʌt/

  • 1

    To pull on somebody's tie as a prank, causing the knot to tighten.

資料來源:英文維基詞典 English WiktionaryCC BY-SA 4.0)。 原文照列,未經改寫。