橘子朗文词典

hand-to-mouth

H 开头单词

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [ˌhænd.təˈmaʊθ]
  • 美式音标 [ˌhænd.təˈmaʊθ]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • adj. 仅够糊口的，勉强维持生计的

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英汉例句

    双语例句

  • In Waterloo, Li lived the hand-to-mouth life of a grad student.
    在滑铁卢，他过着研究生的紧紧巴巴的日子。
  • Less-skilled women are trapped in poorly paid jobs with hand-to-mouth child-care arrangements.
    技能欠缺的女性们被薪水微薄的工作和少得可怜的育儿补贴所困。
  • It is the product of the shape of our bodies, how hand-to-mouth behaviour is built into (and rewarded in) our brains and the psychology of habit.
    它是我们身体构造的产物，是手对嘴行为如何在人类大脑中建立以及习惯心理的产物。
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    • 原声例句

  • "I can do things that are good for me,you know, not just try to exist hand-to-mouth or in survival mode,you know?

    • 权威例句

  • For their superhuman efforts, they lived hand-to-mouth and month-to-month, just a few steps above welfare.
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  • In chess, although many would-be professionals lead a hand-to-mouth existence, the very top players can become millionaires.
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  • They live in near-constant silence, stoically bearing the drudgery of their hand-to-mouth existence.
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词组短语

    短语

  • Hand -to-Mouth Existence 仅够糊口
  • hand -to-mouth life 仅足糊口的生活
  • wooser 's hand-to-mouth life 兔宝的悲惨日常;兔宝的悲惨日常主题曲
  • live a hand -to-mouth existence 勉强糊口

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • having only just enough money to live

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • A hand-to-mouth existence is a way of life in which you have hardly enough food or money to live on.
  • Hand to mouth is also an adverb.

专业释义

    艺术学

  • 现挣现吃地；仅够糊口地