money tree

短语

摇钱树；金钱树

发音

AU

词形变化

money trees 复数 money trees

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An imaginary tree from which money can be plucked. See money doesn't grow on trees.

  2. 2.

    The Malabar chestnut, Pachira aquatica.

    商务
  3. 3.

    The jade plant, Crassula ovata.

  4. 4.

    The cocoa tree, Theobroma cacao.

  5. 5.

    A cheap tree sculpture, decorated with currency, used as a raffle prize because it would be illegal to offer a cash prize.

    澳大利亚
  6. 6.

    A kind of holy tree believed to bring money and good fortune.

    宗教 神话 哲学
  7. 7.

    A miniature tree sculpture decorated with currency, often used as a raffle prize or a gift.

    美国

    1972, American Association of Occupational Health Nurses, American Association of Industrial Nurses, Occupational Health Nursing, Volume 20, page 26, NIAIN′s one money making project of the year, a money tree, was raffled off and won by Virginia Call of Bell and Howell.

    2001, Daniel J. Brown, Chapter 11: School Voluntarism, Social Capital, and Civil Society, Heinz-Dieter Meyer, William Lowe Boyd (editors), Education: Between States, Markets, and Civil Society: Comparative Perspectives, Lawrence Erlbaum, New Jersey, page 173, Donations from teachers and others were converted into coinage for a money tree that was raffled for $500.

    2003, North Carolina Folklore Society, North Carolina Folklore Journal, Volumes 50-53, page 23, Some families offer elaborate money trees, fashioned from decorated branches and streamers made of bills carefully pinned together […] .