中英互译
nest egg
英 /ˈnest eɡ/美 /ˈnest eɡ/
基本释义
- 储蓄基金:积累的资金储备,作为储备金的一部分。
双语例句
- They have a little nest egg tucked away somewhere for a rainy day.他们有一点藏在某处的应急积蓄。来自《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》
- What resources do we have to create that nest egg?我们如今有什么样的资源能够积累这样一笔财富?
- Do you own valuable assets or have a hefty nest egg?你是否拥有一笔很有价值的资产或是一笔可观的养老金?
网络短语
- a nest egg积蓄;储金;私房钱;储备金
- Nest egg and milk窝蛋奶
- Baked nest egg tart燕窝焗蛋挞
- bird's nest egg tart oven燕窝焗蛋挞
- nest-egg新古典融合
同义词
[金融]储蓄金,储备金(为养老或应变等用)
英英释义
- n.a fund of money put by as a reserve
- n.device consisting of an artificial egg left in a nest to induce hens to lay their eggs in it
词源
- nest egg备用金比喻用法。
- nest egg留窝蛋;储备金旧时农村的养鸡人不把母鸡下的蛋全部取走,他们有意在鸡窝里留个把真蛋或者假蛋,使母鸡不另择鸡窝,诱使它们继续把蛋下在窝里。这种“留窝蛋”就叫做nest egg。由于这一做法会让窝里的蛋越来越多,所以英美人就用nest egg一词喻指积存起来以备日后急需之用的钱,即“储备金”。 此语可一直追溯至17世纪。