eke /iːk/ ( eking, eked, ekes )

• 1. 

  PHRASE If you eke a living or eke out an existence, you manage to survive with very little money. 勉强维持生计

  例：

  That forced peasant farmers to try to eke a living off steep hillsides.

  那迫使农民要靠在陡峭的山坡上来勉强维持生计。

  例：

  He was eking out an existence on a few dollars a day.

  他靠一天几美元勉强维持着生计。