英语词汇“meagre”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

meagre1

/ˈmiːɡə

(US meager)

adjective

1(Of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality: they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings...

All the same he would queue up with the other drones for hours to receive his meagre earnings.
He had laid off some heavy bets recently and his meagre earnings as a postman would not cover them.
Through the solid floor of the abode, the chill of winter seeped in, fettered little by the meagre warmth provided by the fire.

Synonyms

inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly

informal measly, stingy, pathetic, piddling

rare exiguous

1.1(Of a person, animal, or part of the body) lean; thin: a tall, meagre, but erect man...

She had a slim and meager body, her neck was long, and her cheekbones were easily distinguished.
She seemed so meagre and weak, like her body had lost that glow.

Synonyms

thin, thin as a rake, lean, skinny, spare, scrawny, scraggy, gangling, gangly, spindly, stringy, lanky, reedy, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, underweight, emaciated, skeletal, starved, underfed, undernourished, attenuated, wraithlike, cadaverous, wasted, anorexic

Derivatives

meagrely

/ˈmiːɡəli

/ adverb ...

But elsewhere, it wasn't taken seriously and anti-virus programs were used meagrely in the eastern part of the globe.
It was meagerly furnished, but comfortable and cozy.
He lives very meagerly and asks no buddy for help, they don't care.

Origin

Middle English (in the sense 'lean'): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.

meagre2

/ˈmiːɡə

noun British

Another term for kabeljou.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from French, noun use of maigre 'lean, thin'.

单词	meagre
释义	meagre1 /ˈmiːɡə / (US meager) adjective 1(Of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality: they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings... All the same he would queue up with the other drones for hours to receive his meagre earnings. He had laid off some heavy bets recently and his meagre earnings as a postman would not cover them. Through the solid floor of the abode, the chill of winter seeped in, fettered little by the meagre warmth provided by the fire. Synonyms inadequate, scanty, scant, paltry, limited, restricted, modest, insufficient, sparse, spare, deficient, negligible, insubstantial, skimpy, short, little, lean, small, slight, slender, poor, miserable, pitiful, puny, miserly, niggardly, beggarly informal measly, stingy, pathetic, piddling rare exiguous 1.1(Of a person, animal, or part of the body) lean; thin: a tall, meagre, but erect man... She had a slim and meager body, her neck was long, and her cheekbones were easily distinguished. She seemed so meagre and weak, like her body had lost that glow. Synonyms thin, thin as a rake, lean, skinny, spare, scrawny, scraggy, gangling, gangly, spindly, stringy, lanky, reedy, bony, raw-boned, gaunt, underweight, emaciated, skeletal, starved, underfed, undernourished, attenuated, wraithlike, cadaverous, wasted, anorexic Derivatives meagrely /ˈmiːɡəli / adverb ... But elsewhere, it wasn't taken seriously and anti-virus programs were used meagrely in the eastern part of the globe. It was meagerly furnished, but comfortable and cozy. He lives very meagerly and asks no buddy for help, they don't care. Origin Middle English (in the sense 'lean'): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer. meagre2 /ˈmiːɡə / noun British Another term for kabeljou. Origin Mid 16th century: from French, noun use of maigre 'lean, thin'.
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