money pit

名词 n. 专有名词
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A possession or financial commitment, especially a building or vehicle, that creates substantial ongoing expenses, especially one whose costs are considered to be unsustainable. idiomatic
    — [T]he district does not want to hold on to the nearly 50-year old^([sic]) school for very much longer, as it has outlived its usefulness and has become a money pit.
专有名词
  1. A complicated, seemingly man-made excavation on Oak Island in Nova Scotia, Canada, rumored to contain pirate treasure and which has been repeatedly and unsuccessfully probed at great expense. capitalized,informal,sometimes
    — In 1896 . . . work was again started with two engines and steam pumps, with the intention of pumping out the "money pit".

词形变化

money pits plural the money pit canonical
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