- 1廉價劣質的、便宜貨的(不是「便宜但還可以」,而是「便宜又不好」)
Cheapo is an informal, slightly word for something that does not cost much and is not of good quality. A cheapo phone, a cheapo hotel, a cheapo pair of headphones: you expect it to feel thin, to break, or to be rough. Though actually, cheapo is harsher than cheap. Cheap can still be a good deal — a cheap ticket may be perfectly fine. Cheapo almost always the nose: 'this was made to be sold cheap, not to last'. It is casual speech, not essay English. People also use cheapo as a noun for a stingy person ('don't be a cheapo'), but the main use is this cheap-and-nasty adjective.
core核心畫面
組成cheap + -o. The -o is a chatty ending that makes a word sound jokey or dismissive, the way weirdo does. Here it turns cheap into 'cheap in a low-quality way'.
原始詞典資料4 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法,摘錄並精簡格式,我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的;有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
cheapoadj
- 1
slangInexpensive and of poor quality.
- They wanted crystal champagne glasses for the party but the caterers provided cheapo plastic cups instead.
cheaponoun
- 1
slangA person who is stingy, a miser.
- 2
slangSomething produced and sold for low cost.
- The better half's Lupo was transformed when the cheap and nasty Nankang ditchfinders came off (and they were well above the legal limit) and mid-price Kumhos went on. The cheapos compromise on grip and can become noisy.
- 3
board-gameschessgamesA primitive trap, often set in the hope of swindling a win or draw from a losing position.
摘錄自 英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary,已精簡格式;依 CC BY-SA 4.0 授權使用,改動後的內容同樣以此授權提供。