small-time

英 ['smɔ:l'taim] 美
  • adj. 三流的;小规模的;无关轻重的

英文词源


small-time (adj.)
1910, originally theater slang for lower-salaried circuits, or ones requiring more daily performances; from noun phrase (also 1910). Compare big time.

双语例句


1. It's not about making the amazing saves. It's the little things and small things that made great gatekeepers great.
伟大的门将不是靠神奇的扑救成就,而是靠注重小事和细节成功。(Tim Howard美国国家队门将)

来自金山词霸 每日一句

2. Three prisoners were sharing one small cell 3 metres by 2 metres.
3个囚犯关在一个3米长2米宽的小牢房里。

来自柯林斯例句

3. Albania is a small nation state of around 3 million people.
阿尔巴尼亚是一个大约有300万人口的单一民族独立国家。

来自柯林斯例句

4. The Inspector remembered her as a small, mousy woman, invariably worried.
检察官记得,她是一个矮小、羞怯、总是闷闷不乐的人。

来自柯林斯例句

5. No detail was too small to escape her attention.
再小的细节都逃不过她的眼睛。

来自柯林斯例句

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