hand-to-mouth

hand-to-mouth 基本解释

a. 无隔宿之粮的, 仅能糊口的

词组短语

1、hand to mouth 心手相牵（歌名）

2、from hand to mouth 仅能糊口地

3、hand-to-mouth operation [经] 小本经营

4、live from hand to mouth 现挣现吃,勉强煳口,生活无保障

hand-to-mouth 用法和例句

1、From head to foot from top to toe from hand to mouth

从头到脚从头到脚勉强煳口

2、In the past, many of the, were underpaid and lived from hand to mouth.

过去，他们许多人工资低微，吃了上顿忙下顿。

3、Chuck and Alice are living from hand to mouth since Chuck lost his job.

自从杰克失业后, 查克和爱丽丝过着拮据得生活。

4、You teach others to dance right after you learnt it, which is really hand-to-mouth buying and selling.

自己刚刚学会了跳舞就去教别人，你可真是现买现卖。

5、She was a widow without any children, living barely from hand to mouth by picking odds and ends from rubbish heaps.

她没有孩子, 是一个寡妇, 靠在附近捡零碎的破烂儿勉强过活。

重点词汇

hand n. 手；协助，帮助；（工具等的）把，柄；掌管 vt. 传递，交给；搀扶；支持

mouth n. 口；出入口；传闻 vt. 装腔作势地说；喃喃地说，心不在焉地说，言不由衷地说 vi. 装腔作势说话