small change

英 [ˌsmɔːl ˈtʃeɪndʒ]

美 [ˌsmɔːl ˈtʃeɪndʒ]

n.  小面值硬币; 零钱; (相比较之下)没有什么价值的东西

经济

牛津词典

noun

• 小面值硬币；零钱
  coins of low value
  1. Have you got any small change for the phone?
     你有没有打电话的零钱？
• （相比较之下）没有什么价值的东西
  something that is of little value when compared with sth else

柯林斯词典

• N-UNCOUNT 零钱
  Small changeis coins of low value.
  1. She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.
     她数出了 30 便士——大部分是零钱——递给了我。

英英释义

noun

• a trifling sum of money
  Synonym:chickenfeedchump change

双语例句

• NET4/ VS2010 is going to be a small change in terms of language features.
  在语言功能方面，.NET4/VS2010不会做大的改动了。
• That's a very small change, but you can apply the same technique to much more complicated cases.
  这是一项非常小的改动，但是可以应用同样的技术进行更复杂的改动。
• She was counting out 30p, mostly in small change, into my hand.
  她数出了30便士——大部分是零钱——递给了我。
• For such a small change, I greatly improved the application's readability, metrics, size, and maintainability.
  因为那样小的一个改变，我大大改善了应用程序的可读性、指标、大小和可维护性。
• Some recommendations involve a small change to an existing index.
  有些建议涉及到对某个已有索引的细微更改。
• Note that with a small change, one could count in how many cycles a given row participates.
  注意，通过一点儿小小的变动，可以计算出一个给定行参与了多少个循环。
• Popularity? It's glory's small change.
  名望吗？那不过是光荣的零头。
• Remember to take some small change to use at the launderette.
  别忘了带些在自助洗衣店里用的小币值硬币。
• It's amazing how such a small change can make such a huge difference in usability.
  令人惊讶的是这么小的变化却能在可用性上产生如此大的差异。
• There has been a small change in the plan.
  这个计划有个小小的变动。