scrimp的意思

scrimp

英式音标[skrɪmp]
美式英标[skrɪmp]

基本解释

vt. 节省；过度缩减；克扣

vi. 精打细算；吝啬

adj. 吝啬的；不足的

中文词源

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。

英文词源

scrimp (v.): "to make too small," 1774, originally in English an adjective, "scant, meager" (1718), possibly from a Scandinavian source (compare Swedish skrumpna "to shrink, shrivel up," Danish skrumpen "shrunken, shriveled"), or from a continental Germanic source akin to Middle High German schrimpfen, German schrumpfen "to shrivel," from Proto-Germanic *skrimp-, from PIE root *(s)kerb- "to turn, bend." Related: Scrimped; scrimping.

实用例句

1. We had to scrimp and save to pay the bills.: 我们得省吃俭用来付帐.

2. They had to scrimp and save to send their son to college.: 为了送儿子上大学,他们不得不省吃俭用,拼命攒钱.

3. She had to scrimp and save to pay for her holiday.: 她必须节省开支以支付度假的费用.

4. John was making more money, but I continued to scrimp and save.: 约翰挣钱比以前多了, 可是我继续节省开支攒钱.

5. We shall scrimp and save , grandchildren on your knee, Vera Chuck & amp; Dave.: 我们过着简朴的生活, 孙子们在你的膝盖上,分别叫做维拉、恰克和大卫.

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