橘子朗文词典

skimp

S 开头单词GRE词汇

音标发音

  • 英式音标 [skɪmp]
  • 美式音标 [skɪmp]
  • 国际音标 [skimp]
  • 英式发音
  • 美式发音

基本解释

  • vt. 克扣；对…不够用心；舍不得给；少给
  • vi. 节省；不够用心
  • adj. 少的；不足的

同根派生

  • adj性质的同根词
    skimpy：不足的；吝啬的。

英汉例句

  • Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
    老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。
  • She had to skimp to send her son to college.
    她必须节俭来供她儿子上大学.
  • Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating.
    老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销.
  • Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
    老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。
  • Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
    就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。

词组短语

    短语

  • to skimp 俭用
  • skimp on 马马虎虎地做;节俭使用;节省;草率地做
  • skimp p 吝啬;缩支节用;节省
  • You skimp on sleep 缺少睡眠
  • skimp on sth 对

英英字典

    剑桥英英字典

  • to not spend enough time or money on something, or to not use enough of something in order to do a job or activity as it should be done

    • 柯林斯英英字典

  • If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.