英语释义

1. a coin of the U.S. worth 1/?? dollar

2. a petty sum of money

3. a Canadian 10-cent piece

4. a packet containing 10 dollars worth of an illicit drug (such as marijuana) — called also dime bag

5. money provided to pay expenses
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 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

6. assist entry 2 sense 2
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 —often used with drop
Not 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

7. so plentiful or commonplace as to be of little esteem or slight value

8. in a very small area
these cars can turn on a dime

9. instantly

10. a U.S. or Canadian coin that is worth 10 cents

11. a United States coin worth ten cents

英汉例句

• artists are a dime a dozen in paris.

  在巴黎，艺术家多得很。

• relatives though are a dime a dozen in this part of the world.

  年移居从这个村子。亲属在这世界的十几个地区。

• believe it or not, doctor of philosophies (phds) are a dime a dozen nowadays.

  不管你相信与否，如今获得博士学位者已经不稀罕了。

• peoplewho can code in the world of technology companies are a dime a dozen and get norespect.

  会写代码的人在科技公司大把大把的有并且不太被看重。

• that「s a dime a dozen and it gets old.

  有很多都是不值钱的，会慢慢变老的。

• don」t bother; those are a dime a dozen where we are going.

  不用麻烦了，这种东西我们要去的地方多的是。

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