中英互译
scrimp
英 /skrɪmp/美 /skrɪmp/
基本释义
- vt.节省；过度缩减；克扣
- vi.精打细算；吝啬
- adj.吝啬的；不足的
第三人称单数scrimps
现在分词scrimping
过去式scrimped
过去分词scrimped
GRE
双语例句
- Don't try to scrimp here - have the boat pulled out even if it costs you.可别在这里省钱——即使需要另加费用，也要把船提出水面。
- The generation that lived through the Great Depression learned to scrimp and save.经历过大萧条的一代学会了节俭和储蓄。
- Buyers no longer had to scrimp and save to get what they wanted; they could have it now.买主无需为得到他们想要的东西而节衣缩食攒钱，他们现在就可以拥有。
相关短语
- PRINTING SCRIMP印花裂痕；印花起裂；印花裂缝
- scrimp rail扩幅轨
- scrimp roller扩幅罗拉
- scrimp p过度缩短
- Shall scrimp精打细算过日子
词语扩展
vt.
节省；过度缩减；克扣
vi.
adj.
adj.
scrimpy缩减的；吝啬的；不足的
词义分布
精打细算
42.9%
节省
28.6%
吝啬
28.6%
英英释义
- v.subsist on a meager allowance
词源
- scrimp节省，缩紧来自 scrimp,缩写的，不足的，来自 Proto-Germanic*skrimp,收缩，缩小，来自 PIE*sker,弯， 转，词源同 shrink,shrimp.引申动词词义节省，缩紧等。