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.
Officials used to have trouble with the foreign names of people passing through Ellis Island, and because they were so busy, many people's names got changed in the rush.
There are many things to be learnt when you start working.
开始工作时,你有许多东西要学。
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.