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drop a dime如何读
drop a dime英英释义
noun
a coin of the U.S. worth ¹/₁₀ dollar
a petty sum of money
a Canadian 10-cent piece
slang a packet containing 10 dollars worth of an illicit drug (such as marijuana) called alsodime bag
informal money provided to pay expenses They hopped a Greyhound, on their own dime, and had such a good time they stayed on …—Mark Ribowsky The boys are worthless, feckless layabouts, living off David's dime.—Whitney Pastorek
Executives in a perk-rich environment get used to living on the company's dime [=on the company's money; at the company's expense]—James Surowiecki
basketball a pass by a player who enables a teammate to make a basket—often used with dropNot only was he scoring in the post and grabbing rebounds, he also was dropping dimes [=making passes to enable teammates to score] including a flashy pass to Chance Coyle.—Hendrix Magley
Harden ended up recording his first triple-double of the season with 44 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. He delivered seven dimes to Capela …—Tim MacMahon
American football an accurate pass by a quarterback to a receiver—often used with drop
He spun out of sacks and threw on the run, dropping dimes down the field that few quarterbacks in history could be trusted to deliver.—Ryan Kartje
noun
a coin of the U.S. worth ¹/₁₀ dollar
a petty sum of money
a Canadian 10-cent piece
slang a packet containing 10 dollars worth of an illicit drug (such as marijuana) called alsodime bag
informal money provided to pay expenses They hopped a Greyhound, on their own dime, and had such a good time they stayed on …—Mark Ribowsky The boys are worthless, feckless layabouts, living off David's dime.—Whitney Pastorek
Executives in a perk-rich environment get used to living on the company's dime [=on the company's money; at the company's expense]—James Surowiecki
basketball a pass by a player who enables a teammate to make a basket—often used with dropNot only was he scoring in the post and grabbing rebounds, he also was dropping dimes [=making passes to enable teammates to score] including a flashy pass to Chance Coyle.—Hendrix Magley
Harden ended up recording his first triple-double of the season with 44 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists. He delivered seven dimes to Capela …—Tim MacMahon
American football an accurate pass by a quarterback to a receiver—often used with drop
He spun out of sacks and threw on the run, dropping dimes down the field that few quarterbacks in history could be trusted to deliver.—Ryan Kartje
drop a dime词源英文解释
Middle English, tenth part, tithe, from Anglo-French disme, dime, from Latin decima, from feminine of decimus tenth, from decem ten — more at ten
The first known use of dime was in 1786
drop a dime儿童词典英英释义
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
drone1 of 3noun
a stingless male bee (as of the honeybee) whose only function is to mate with the queen bee
a person who lives off the work of others
informal a person who does dull, menial, or hard work
an uncrewed aircraft or ship guided by remote control or by computers carried onboard
drone2 of 3verb
to make or speak with a continuous low humming sound droned on about himself
a plane droning overhead
drone3 of 3noun
one of the pipes on a bagpipe that sound fixed continuous tones
a deep monotonous sound : hum
deucenoun
the face of a die that bears two spots
a playing card bearing the number two
a throw of dice resulting in two points
a tie in tennis after each side has scored 40
devil entry 1 sense 1, dickens—used chiefly as a mild oath
deucenoun
the face of a die that bears two spots
a playing card bearing the number two
a throw of dice resulting in two points
a tie in tennis after each side has scored 40
devil entry 1 sense 1, dickens—used chiefly as a mild oath
dimenoun
a U.S. coin worth ⅒ dollar
drop a dime 例句
1 the beauty of this deal is that all the extras won't cost you a dime
2 The only option would be for an opponent to litigate the matter on their own dime.
3 On one of those trips, in May 2017, the document said, Jones directed a 14-person entourage — including five members of his family — to attend the quadrennial convention of that union, all on the Boilermakers’ dime.
drop a dime 短语相关
nickel-and-dime
a dime a dozen
drop a dime
dime store
five-and-dime
a dime a dozen
on a dime
half dime
half dime
not cost a dime/nickel