nickel and dime

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
美 /ˌnɪkəl ən ˈdaɪm/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Fifteen years. US,slang
  2. A retail store selling inexpensive items, especially (originally, formerly) one in which all items had a price near a nickel (US five cents) or a dime (US ten cents). Canada,US,dated
    — Near-synonym: dollar store (idiomatically synonymous in the 21st century)
动词 v.
  1. To charge, or be charged, several unexpected small amounts of money, often in the form of fees, taxes, or related expenses to a venture, which when taken as a whole add up to a significant unexpected cost. US,colloquial,idiomatic
    — I got nickel and dimed to death by the phone company's sneaky extra charges.
  2. To wear down in small increments; to quibble or obsess endlessly with (someone) over trifles. US,colloquial,figuratively,idiomatic
形容词 adj.
  1. Small time; operating on a small scale; involving small amounts of money; petty or cheap. US,colloquial,idiomatic
    — Near-synonyms: two-bit, ten-cent

词形变化

nickel and dimes present,singular,third-person nickels and dimes present,singular,third-person nickel and diming participle,present nickeling and diming US,participle,present nickelling and diming UK,participle,present nickel and dimed participle,past nickel and dimed past nickeled and dimed US,participle,past nickeled and dimed US,past nickelled and dimed UK,participle,past nickelled and dimed UK,past nickel and dimes plural

词源

词源 1
From the names of two US coins of small value.
词源 2
From prison or criminal slang.
词源 3
After retail stores where “everything costs a nickel or a dime”
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