音标：['ʃu:striŋ] ；

n. 鞋带, 小额资本

n. a small amount of money

词型变化：名词复数形式 : shoestrings

词性分布：

名词100%

shoestring的用法和样例：

例句

用作形容词(adj.)

The agency was a shoestring operation at first.这家经销店刚开始时是小本经营的生意。
The club exists on a shoestring budget.这家具乐部靠一点小钱艰难度日。

用作名词(n.)

The little boy was fumbling with a shoestring.小男孩在笨手笨脚地系鞋带。
I want to hold up to my badminton opponet in order to tie my shoestring.我要求我的羽毛球对手等一下，以便我系鞋带。
I've been living on a shoestring since my mother stopped sending me money.我的母亲停止给我寄钱之后，我的日子过得非常寒酸。
He started his business on a shoestring.他以小资本开始做生意。

词汇搭配

on a shoestring小本经营地
shoestring potatoes拔丝土豆
shoestring sand带状砂层
shoestring catch在球刚落地前把它接住...
shoestring margin微薄的赚头short...

经典引文

She is not worthy to tie her majesty's shoe-strings.
出自：Smollett

【近义词】

lace鞋带
shoe string鞋带
shoe lace鞋带
shoelace鞋带

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