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.
The World Trade Center, an office building for over 1200 firms employing about 50,000 people, is even higher at 411 metres.
世界贸易中心要高得多,有411米。它是一座办公大楼,楼里有1,200多家公司,大约有5万雇员。
Annie was among the first to realize that blind people never know their hidden strength until they are treated like normal human beings.
盲人只有受到同正常人一样的待遇时,才能知道自己蕴藏的力量,安妮就是其中一位最先有此种认识的人。
For his lifentime's work in studying the communication of animals, including honey bees, Professor Karl von Frisch was given a Nobel Prize in 1973, which he shared with two other scientists. He died in 1982.