| 单词 | piggy bank |
| 释义 | piggy bank noun[C] uk/ˈpɪɡ.i ˌbæŋk/us/ˈpɪɡ.i ˌbæŋk/asmallcontainer, sometimes in theshapeof apig, that is used bychildrenforsavingmoney （猪形）储蓄罐 Image Source/GettyImages General and miscellaneous containers
piggy bank| American Dictionarypiggy bank noun[C] us/ˈpɪɡ·i ˌbæŋk/acontainer, sometimes in theshapeof apig, thatholdscoinsand is usedesp. bychildrenforsavingmoney Examplesofpiggy bankpiggy bank In these times of inflation, which are here to stay, thepiggybankis a poor loser, and the land the outright winner. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 However, that authority does not have apiggybank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not talking about 25p in thepiggybank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It would be levied on the investment of anyone who has more than £3,000 in apiggybank, or £5,000 a year for pensioners. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That is clearly a one-off exercise, as thepiggybankcan be emptied once only. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 He is penalising those authorities that do not have such apiggybank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In fact, theirpiggybankwas bust a long time ago. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 One would not want to encourage people to regard their gas meters as a sort of "piggybank". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Apiggybankat the side of the book would solve all those problems. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The peace dividend can look all too like apiggybank. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 Instead, it makes more sense if every pigfarmer sets up his own reserve, i.e. if every pigfarmer has his ownpiggybank. FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English I do not regard a pension scheme as a sort of "piggybank". From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It is seen as a sort ofpiggybankwithout a bottom, or a dustbin that never has to be emptied. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In the case of one family it was found that their nine-year-old son had £63 in hispiggybank, and in the case of another family the child had saved £33. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That includes the trade unions and their pension funds and the person who has apiggybanktucked under the bed in the third bedroom of his council house. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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