tighten one's belt

短语

束紧腰带, 节约度日

词形变化

tightened one's belt tightening one's belt tightens one's belt 三单 tightens one's belt tightening one's belt 现在分词 tightened one's belt 过去式 tightened one's belt 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be more frugal; to make difficult economic savings due to a lowering of expected income.

    比喻

    In the current crisis, we will have to tighten our belts.

词汇关系

动词

上位词 3

save economise economize