cheap 基本解释
- adj. 便宜的；小气的；不值钱的
- adv. 便宜地
cheap 词态变化
比较级: cheaper;最高级: cheapest;名词: cheapness;
cheap 中文词源
cheap 便宜的来自拉丁词caupo, 小商人，叫卖者，后来词义贬义化。其原词义见Copenhagen, chapman.
cheap 英文词源
- cheap
- cheap: [16] The adjectival use of cheap in English is quite recent, but the word itself goes back a long way. Its ultimate source is the Latin noun caupō ‘tradesman’, which was borrowed into Germanic in prehistoric times. Among its descendants were German kaufen ‘buy’, Old English cēapian ‘trade’ (the possible source of chop, as in ‘chop and change’), and the Old English noun cēap ‘trade’.
In Middle English times this came to be used in such phrases as good chepe, meaning ‘good bargain’, and by the 16th century an adjectival sense ‘inexpensive’ had developed. The original sense ‘trade’ is preserved in the personal name Chapman, which until the 19th century was an ordinary noun meaning ‘trader’ (it is the source of chap ‘fellow’).
=> chap, chop - cheap (adj.)
- "low in price, that may be bought at small cost," c. 1500, ultimately from Old English noun ceap "traffic, a purchase," from ceapian (v.) "trade," probably from an early Germanic borrowing from Latin caupo "petty tradesman, huckster" (see chapman).
The sense evolution is from the noun meaning "a barter, a purchase" to "a purchase as rated by the buyer," hence adjectival meaning "inexpensive," the main modern sense, via Middle English phrases such as god chep "favorable bargain" (12c., a translation of French a bon marché).
Sense of "lightly esteemed, common" is from 1590s (compare similar evolution of Latin vilis). The meaning "low in price" was represented in Old English by undeor, literally "un-dear" (but deop ceap, literally "deep cheap," meant "high price").
The word also was used in Old English for "market" (as in ceapdæg "market day"), a sense surviving in place names Cheapside, East Cheap, etc. Related: Cheaply. Expression on the cheap is first attested 1888. Cheap shot originally was U.S. football jargon for a head-on tackle; extended sense "unfair hit" in politics, etc. is by 1970. German billig "cheap" is from Middle Low German billik, originally "fair, just," with a sense evolution via billiger preis "fair price," etc.
cheap 词组搭配
cheap and cheerful
(Brit.)simple and inexpensive but not unattractive
(英)价廉物美的
cheap and nasty
(Brit.)low cost and bad quality
(英)便宜但劣质的
cheap at the price
well worth having, regardless of the cost
物超所值的
as an investment for the future, the books are cheap at the price.
作为对未来的投资，这些书物超所值。
cheap at twice the price
Extremely inexpensive.
极廉价地
on the cheap
By inexpensive means; cheaply
通过不昂贵的方式；便宜地
traveled to Europe on the cheap.
极经济地到欧洲旅游
cheap 英文释义
- 1. relatively low in price or charging low prices;
- "it would have been cheap at twice the price"
- "inexpensive family restaurants"
- 2. tastelessly showy;
- "a flash car"
- "a flashy ring"
- "garish colors"
- "a gaudy costume"
- "loud sport shirts"
- "a meretricious yet stylish book"
- "tawdry ornaments"
- 3. of very poor quality
- 4. embarrassingly stingy
cheap 同义词解析
low, mean, cheap, shabby
这些形容词均有"卑鄙的，卑贱的，卑下的"之意。
low： 指行为卑鄙、可耻、下文明，可引申指庸俗。
mean： 暗示狠毒、贪婪、缺乏尊严感等为人们所不耻的卑鄙、自私、渺小的行为。
cheap： 侧旨人或物的品质低劣下贱。
shabby： 指行为的不公和卑劣而使人感到不屑和轻蔑。
cheap 双语例句
- 1. We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.
- 我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. Calls cost 36p (cheap rate) and 48p (peak rate) per minute.
- 电话每分钟36便士（优惠费率）和48便士（高峰费率）。
来自柯林斯例句
- 3. Cheap goods are available, but not in sufficient quantities to satisfy demand.
- 有一些廉价的商品，但是数量不足以满足需求。
来自柯林斯例句
- 4. A cheap table can be transformed by an interesting cover.
- 一块趣味盎然的桌布就能使一张廉价桌子面目一新。
来自柯林斯例句
- 5. Some of the finer type-faces are corrupted by cheap, popular computer printers.
- 有些比较优美的字体经过价廉、通用的电脑打印机处理后就面目全非了。
来自柯林斯例句
cheap 实用场景例句
- cheap perfume/jewellery/shoes
- 低价劣质香水 / 珠宝 / 鞋
牛津词典
- I was tired of his cheap jokes at my expense.
- 我讨厌他拿我开低级庸俗的玩笑。
牛津词典
- He's just a cheap crook.
- 他简直是个卑鄙的骗子。
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- His treatment of her made her feel cheap (= ashamed, because she had lost her respect for herself) .
- 他那样对待她使她感到很丢脸。
牛津词典
- Don't be so cheap!
- 别这么小气！
牛津词典
- a guide to decorating your house on the cheap
- 房屋廉价装潢指南
牛津词典
- I got this dress cheap in a sale.
- 这件衣服是我在大减价时便宜买的。
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- Violins like this don't come cheap.
- 像这样的小提琴不会便宜。
牛津词典
- cheap fares
- 便宜的交通费
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- Personal computers are cheap and getting cheaper.
- 个人电脑现在价格便宜，以后还会越来越便宜。
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- Cycling is a cheap way to get around.
- 骑自行车是一种省钱的旅游方式。
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- The printer isn't exactly cheap at £200.
- 这打印机价格为200英镑并不是很便宜。
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- immigrant workers, used as a source of cheap labour (= workers who are paid very little, especially unfairly)
- 作为廉价劳动力来源的移民工人
牛津词典
- a cheap restaurant/hotel
- 收费低廉的餐馆 / 旅馆
牛津词典
- (British English)We found a cheap and cheerful cafe (= one that is simple and charges low prices but is pleasant) .
- 我们找到了一家价格低廉、环境宜人的咖啡馆。
牛津词典
- (British English)a cheap and nasty bottle of wine
- 一瓶便宜的劣质葡萄酒
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- We will end up living in a society where life is cheap.
- 我们最终将生活在一个视人命为儿戏的社会。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Most modern housing estates are terrible and inevitably done on the cheap.
- 现在的房子大多质量差劲透顶，肯定都是偷工减料盖起来的。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Don't resort to cheap copies; save up for the real thing.
- 别买廉价的仿冒品，攒点钱买正品吧。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...a tight suit made of some cheap material.
- 用廉价面料做的紧身套装
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- ...unscrupulous employers who treat children as a cheap source of labour.
- 把儿童当廉价劳动力使用的黑心雇主
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- These tests will inevitably be used by politicians to make cheap political points.
- 这些测试必然会被政客们不失时机地拿去大做政治文章。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Oh, please, Dad, just this once don't be cheap.
- 哦，求求你，爸爸，就这一回，别抠门儿了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough...
- 要是能找到足够便宜的地方，我就不在校园里住了。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
- Smoke detectors are cheap and easy to put up...
- 烟雾报警器既不贵又易于安装。
柯林斯高阶英语词典
