money-spinner

noun

1. 赚大钱的东西；摇钱树
   something that earns a lot of money

1. N-COUNT 赚大钱的事;赚大钱的生意
   If you say that something is a money-spinner, you mean that it earns a lot of money for someone.
   1. The films have been fantastic money-spinners.
      这些电影已成为大大的摇钱树。

1. The films have been fantastic money-spinners.
   这些电影已成为大大的摇钱树。
2. Digital content has already proved itself to be a money-spinner for Amazon.
   事实证明，数字内容是亚马逊的摇钱树。
3. But he also found that by 2004, as the online advertising market improved, charging for access was a doubtful money-spinner.
   但他也发现，到2004年，随着在线广告市场的发展，收取网站费用就不太可能赚钱了。
4. An estate agent nearby offers one of its apartments for rent: a sign that the owners have more than one property and are illegally turning their social housing into a money-spinner.
   附近的一家房地产中介将它的一套房用于出租：这意味着屋主拥有超过一套房，还非法把他们的社保房当做印钞机。
5. Stealing trade secrets, information or contacts is a lucrative money-spinner for cybercriminals.
   对于网络罪犯来说，盗取商业秘密、信息或者合同都是极为赚钱的买卖。
6. Whether they are a gamble, an insurance policy or a money-spinner, guarantees are becoming popular.
   说它是赌博也好，保单也好，印钞机也好，保底拍卖正变得越来越受到欢迎。
7. Labelled "the fastest-growing company ever" by ardent fans, the firm has turned a simple concept into a money-spinner.
   该公司被狂热粉丝标榜为“史上发展最快企业”，凭的就是把一个简单想法变成摇钱树的本事。
8. Any event that can attract the attention of billions of people would seem sure to be a big money-spinner.
   每一个可以引起数以亿计人注意的事件都可以看作是个赚大钱的机会。
9. It may not be an instant money-spinner, but it could save you opening the wallet to pay for birthday, or even Christmas gifts, next year.
   这不是一种立竿见影的赚钱的方法，但是当需要购买生日礼物或是明年的圣诞礼物时却可以拯救你的钱包。
10. Its second big money-spinner, the office suite of applications, is tied to windows.
    微软第二大盈利的产品office应用软件系列，是依赖windows平台的。
11. Japanese love hotels, a refuge for space-constrained married couples and furtive philanderers, have long been a money-spinner.
    作为家居空间狭小的已婚夫妇和鬼鬼祟祟的好色之徒的庇护所，长期以来，日本的情人酒店一直是台赚钱机器。
12. After the crisis, predicting government rescues was the next money-spinner.
    那场危机过后，预测政府纾困是又一个赚钱的绝佳办法。
13. Diligence is a money-spinner, thrifty is the cornucopia.
    勤是摇钱树，俭是聚宝盆。

noun

1. a project that generates a continuous flow of money

   Synonym:    moneymakercash cow