Skimp
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[编辑] 解释
[编辑] GRE 红宝书
- v.节省花费
- ［英］ v.节省花费 ( to give insufficient or barely sufficient funds for)
- ［类］ parsimonious : skimp / malingering : shirk ( 吝啬的[人]节约 / 装病的[人]逃避)
- ［例］ to skimp on food to save money
[编辑] Webster Collegiate
I. adjective
- Etymology: perhaps alteration of scrimp
- Date: 1775
- skimpy
II. verb
- Date: circa 1879
- transitive verb
- to give insufficient or barely sufficient attention or effort to or funds for
- intransitive verb
- to save by or as if by skimping
