分享一个有意思的表达

five-and-ten

什么意思？比如这句：

The meat is five-and-ten recently.

five-and-ten不是一五一十

而是指廉价商品、杂货店/小零售店

The meat is five-and-ten recently.

最近肉很便宜。

In a five-and-ten-cent store you can buy all manner of things.

在小杂货店里你能买到各种各样的东西。



表达来源：

five-and-ten其实是

five-and-ten-cent store的省略简写

外国人有时也用five-and-dime

其中five表示5分钱，ten表示1角钱

dime指（美、加的）一角银币

像five-and-ten这种

指doesn't cost very much



常见的还有cheap、inexpensive

I'm going to live off campus if I can find somewhere cheap enough.

如果我能找到一个足够便宜的地方，我打算住在校外。

Operating costs are coming down because of cheaper fuel.

经营成本在下降是因为燃料更便宜了。

cheap的反义词expensive

我们也是非常熟悉的

那inexpensive自然就＝cheap了

There is a large variety of good, inexpensive restaurants.

有多种物美价廉的餐馆。

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