| 单词 | scrimpy |
| 释义 | scrimpy (once / 909178 pages) adj WORD FAMILY scrimpy USAGE EXAMPLESFrom the scrimpy legs of the knickerbockers his knees shone bare and brown. Arthur, Frances Browne, Two Little Travellers—A Story for...(2010) I know our house is awful scrimpy, but we'd have some good times, anyhow. Morrow, Honoré, Lydia of the Pines(2010) Did he suppose that seven scrimpy scraps of bacon was her notion of a lunch between four hungry persons? Jerome, Jerome K. (Jerome Klapka), They and I(2010) adj deficient in amount or quality or extent Syn|Ant meager, meagerly, meagre, stingy scarce deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand bare, scanty, sparelacking in amplitude or quantity exiguousextremely scanty hand-to-mouthproviding only bare essentials hardscrabblebarely satisfying a lower standard measly, miserable, paltrycontemptibly small in amount minimal, minimumthe least possible deficient, insufficientof a quantity not able to fulfill a need or requirement ample more than enough in size or scope or capacity abundantpresent in great quantity full, goodhaving the normally expected amount generousmore than adequate full, wide, wide-cuthaving ample fabric sufficientof a quantity that can fulfill a need or requirement but without being abundant |
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