skimp是什么意思？

skimp

英[skɪmp] 美[skɪmp]

• vt.& vi. 少用，少给，克扣，节省；

第三人称单数：skimps;

过去式：skimped;

过去分词：skimped;

现在分词：skimping;

例句

• Older people shouldn’t skimp on food or heating. 老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销。
• Older people shouldn't skimp on food or heating. 老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销.
• She had to skimp to send her son to college. 她必须节俭来供她儿子上大学.
• Older people should not skimp on food or heating. 老人吃饭和取暖不应吝惜。
• Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent. 就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• VERB
  草率地做;马马虎虎地做;节俭使用;节省
  If you skimp on something, you use less time, money, or material for it than you really need, so that the result is not good enough.
  例句
  Many families must skimp on their food and other necessities just to meet the monthly rent. 就为了交齐每月的租金，许多家庭不得不省吃俭用。

英汉词典释义

• vt. & vi.
  节省( 钱或时间)；省吃俭用
  Older people shouldn’t skimp on food or heating. 老年人不应过分吝惜食物或取暖方面的开销。

英英词典释义

• Verb
  1. work hastily or carelessly; deal with inadequately and superficially
  2. limit in quality or quantity
  3. subsist on a meager allowance;
  "scratch and scrimp"
  4. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities;
  "sting with the allowance"