scrimp

vt. 过度缩减 vi. 力求节省 a. 不足的, 吝啬的

发音

其它 /skɹɪmp/

词形变化

scrimps 复数 scrimps scrimped scrimping scrimps 三单 scrimping 现在分词 scrimped 过去式 scrimped 过去分词 more scrimp 比较级 most scrimp 最高级

别名

skrimp

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A pinching miser; a niggard.

v.
  1. 1.

    To make too small or short; to shortchange.

    及物

    to scrimp the pattern of a coat

    The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective.

  2. 2.

    To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.

    及物
  3. 3.

    To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.

    过度缩减

    不及物
adj.
  1. 1.

    Short; scanty; curtailed.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 2

stint skimp

上位词 1

save

相关短语

scrimp and save scrimp together

词源

From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim.

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