每日一词:"摇钱树"用英语怎么说?

摇钱树”,原本指“神话中的一种宝树,一摇晃就有许多钱落下来(a legendary tree that sheds coins when shaken)”,后多用来比喻可借以源源不断地获取钱财的人或物(ready source of money)。英语可以翻译为“money spinner”或“money tree”。

例句

这些电影已成为巨大的摇钱树。

The films have been fantastic money-spinners.

报告指出,这项研究访问的几名亚洲留学生抱怨英国大学把留学生当成摇钱树,提供的是批量生产学位课程

Several Asian students interviewed for the study complained of British universities treating foreign students as cash cows for mass-produced degree courses, the report says.