cheap
adjective
uk/tʃiːp/us/tʃiːp/cheapadjective(LOW PRICE)
A1
costinglittlemoneyor less than isusualorexpected:
便宜的，不贵的I got a cheapflightat the lastminute.我在最后一刻买到了一张便宜的机票。
Food is usually cheaper insupermarkets.超市里的食物通常要便宜些。
Children and theelderlyareentitledto cheaptraintickets.儿童和老人可以享受廉价火车票。
Thesystemissimpleand cheaptooperate.这个计划实施起来简单又省钱。
Duringtimesofmassunemployment, there's apoolof cheaplabourforemployerstodrawfrom.在人们大批失业的时候，有大量廉价劳动力供雇主选用。
figurativeIn awar,humanlifebecomesvery cheap(=seemsto be of littlevalue).战争期间，人命变得很不值钱。
costing less money than expected
- cheapThe meal was cheaper than I expected.
- affordableThere's very little affordable housing around here.
- inexpensiveThey sell inexpensive children's clothes.
- reasonableI thought the food was very reasonable.
- dirt cheapMost of the books they sell are dirt cheap.
If ashoporrestaurantis cheap, itchargeslowprices:
（商店或餐馆）收费低廉的I go to the cheapest hairdresser's intown.我去城里收费最便宜的那家理发店理发。
cheap and cheerfulUK
cheap but good orenjoyable:
价廉物美There's arestaurantround thecornerthatservescheap andcheerfulfood.街角处有家饭店，那里的饭菜价廉物美。
on the cheapinformal
If you getgoodson the cheap, you get them for alowprice:
There's abigstorenear here where you canbuydesignerclotheson the cheap.
for cheapUSinformal
for alowprice:
Do you like this? I got it for cheap.
- Weboughta cheappackagetourto Spain andstayedin abighotelby thesea.
- Bicycles are a cheap andefficientformoftransport.
- Iknowagreatrestaurantwhere the drink's cheap and the food'sgreat.
- Iboughtsomeflowersthat were going cheap.
- It's only a cheapringbut it hasgreatsentimentalvaluefor me.
Costing little or no money
- chargeless
- cheap rate
- cheapness
- chintzy
- comp
- compliment
- complimentary
- cut-price
- economical
- economy-size
- entry level
- ex gratia
- free of charge
- glossy
- nominal
- nothing
- off-peak
- rock bottom
- schlock
- valueless
cheapadjective(LOW QUALITY)
C1disapproving
used todescribegoodsthat are bothlowinqualityandlowinprice:
（商品）质次价廉的Iboughtsome cheapwineforcookingwith.我买了些便宜的劣质葡萄酒烧菜用。
Heboughtsome cheapshoesthatfellapartafter acoupleofmonths.他买了双便宜鞋，两个月之后就全破了。
of bad quality
- badThe food wasn’t as bad as I’d expected.
- poorTheir efforts produced extremely poor results.
- low/poor/bad qualityTheir sausages are made with low-quality meat.
- mediocreThe striker has been dropped after a mediocre performance.
- inferiorThe copies are of inferior quality.
cheap and nastyUK
costinglittle and of verybadquality:
质劣价廉Theysoldcheap andnastywatchesathugelyinflatedprices.
Not of good quality
- a miserable, poor, etc. excuse forsomethingidiom
- appallingly
- atrocious
- atrociously
- awfully
- awfulness
- badness
- downscale
- inadequacy
- inadequate
- inadequately
- janky
- shite
- tacky
- tawdriness
- tawdry
- thinness
- third-class
- third-rate
- wretched
cheapadjective(UNGENEROUS)
US(UKmean)
unwillingtospendmoney:
小气的，吝啬的He's so cheap he didn'tevenbuyme acardfor mybirthday.他真小气，居然连张生日卡都没给我买。
Mean with money
- begrudge
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- chintzy
- frugal
- frugally
- mingy
- miser
- miserliness
- miserly
- money grabber
- money-grubber
- parsimony
- penny-pinching
- scrooge
- skinflint
- stinginess
- tightwad
- ungenerous
- ungenerously
cheapadjective(DRESSED SEXILY)
disapproving
If youdescribethe way apersonisdressedas cheap, you mean that it is veryobviousthat they aretryingtosexuallyattractotherpeople.
（穿着）不正经的，下贱的cheapadjective(UNKIND)
disapproving
unpleasantandunkind:
卑劣的；粗俗的Iwishyou'dstopmaking cheapjokesabout myfriends.希望你别再对我的朋友们开那种低级玩笑了。
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acerbity
- acidly
- anti-cruelty
- anti-humanitarian
- cruelty
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- fiendishness
- hard-hearted
- nastily
- nastiness
- nasty
- pitiless
- pitilessly
- uncharitably
- unchristian
- uncompassionate
- unfeeling
- ungenerous
Idioms
cheap at half the price
a cheap shot
cheap
adverb
uk/tʃiːp/us/tʃiːp/for littlemoneyor for less than isusual:
便宜地，经济实惠地I got someshoescheap in thesale.我在大减价的时候买到了几双便宜鞋。
There were somechairsin themarketgoingcheap(= they were notexpensive).市场上有些椅子在廉价出售。
Costing little or no money
- chargeless
- cheap rate
- cheapness
- chintzy
- comp
- compliment
- complimentary
- cut-price
- economical
- economy-size
- entry level
- ex gratia
- free of charge
- glossy
- nominal
- nothing
- off-peak
- rock bottom
- schlock
- valueless
Idiom
not come cheap