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skimp /skimp; skimp/ vr, vi [VP6A, 2A] supply, use, less than enough of what is needed: 烟秘给或使用; 吝倚; 节俭： ~ the butter when making cakts/the material when making a dress. 做饼时省牛油(做衣服时省布料)。 They are so poor that they have to ~. 他们很穷所以必须搏节。 skimpy adj (-ier, -iest) 1 giving, using, less than enough. 不充分给予的; 吝于使用的; 节俭的。 2 (of a dress, etc) made with insufficient material; too small; too tight. (指衣服等)材料不足做成的; 太小的; 太窄的。 — ily /-ill; -?l 】 I adv: a ~ily made dress. 做得太小的衣服。 |