词汇 | drop-in-the-bucket |
释义 | a drop in the bucketidiomUS(UKa drop in the ocean) C2 a very small amount compared to the amount needed: All the money we raised was just a drop in the bucket. Small amounts of money a drop in the oceanidiom bagatelle bobbin chickenfeed chump change drop microcredit miserly mountain biking not a red centidiom paltry peanut pennyworth pittance pocket money princely red shrapnel sou trifling a drop in the bucket | American Dictionarya drop in the bucketidiom something small and unimportant, esp. when compared with something else: We were paid about $50,000, but that was a drop in the bucket compared to what some other companies got. |
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