skimp
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. 尅釦；對…不夠用心；捨不得給；少給
- vi. 節省；不夠用心
- adj. 少的；不足的
同根派生
- adj性質的同根詞
- skimpy：不足的；吝嗇的。
英汉例句
- Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
老人喫飯和取煖不應吝惜。 - She had to skimp to send her son to college.
她必須節儉來供她兒子上大學. - Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating.
老年人不應過分吝惜食物或取煖方麪的開銷. - Older people should not skimp on food or heating.
老人喫飯和取煖不應吝惜。 - Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent.
就爲了交齊每月的租金，許多家庭不得不省喫儉用。
词组短语
- to skimp 儉用
- skimp on 馬馬虎虎地做;節儉使用;節省;草率地做
- skimp p 吝嗇;縮支節用;節省
- You skimp on sleep 缺少睡眠
- skimp on sth 對
短語
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
- 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.