peanut
n
1 [C]
(a) plant of the pea family bearing edible seeds in pods which ripen underground 落花生; 花生.
(b) (also `ground-nut) one of these seeds 花生米; 花生仁. =>illus at nut 见nut插图.
2 peanuts [pl]
(sl 俚) very small amount (esp of money) 极少的量(尤指钱)
He gets paid peanuts for doing that job. 他那份工作报酬甚微.
According to the law, Shylock may have a pound of flesh to be cut off by him nearest to Antonio's heart.
根据法律,夏洛克可以得到一磅肉,由他从最靠近安东尼奥心脏的部位割下来。
But why did white people want to catch Africans and put them in chains?
但是为什么白人要把非洲人抓起来,戴上镣铐呢?
Twelve days later, millions more Indians lined the railway tracks as a slow train took the jar containing his ashes 584 kilometres to a place by the river.