中英互译
hand-to-mouth
英 /ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/美 /ˌhænd tə ˈmaʊθ/
基本释义
- adj.仅够糊口的，勉强维持生计的
双语例句
- Grace Mbakwa, her husband and eight children once lived hand-to-mouth in Cameroon.格蕾丝·姆巴夸曾与丈夫和八个孩子一起在喀麦隆勉强糊口。
- 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。
- She gasped and her hand flew to her mouth.她倒抽了一口气，连忙用手掩着嘴。来自《牛津词典》
网络短语
- live from hand to mouth勉强糊口；勉强度日；收入勉强糊口；紧能满足眼前的需要
- Hand to mouth心手相牵；勉强糊口；现挣现吃；失意录
- from hand to mouth仅能糊口地；勉强糊口；足够糊口的；现挣现吃地
- hand-to -mouth buying用多少买多少
- wooser's hand-to-mouth life兔宝的悲惨日常；兔宝的悲惨日常主题曲
英英释义
- adj.providing only bare essentials
- adv.with barely enough money for immediate needs
词源
- hand-to-mouth仅够糊口的比喻用法。