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scrimp 音标拼音: [skr'ɪmp] vt. 过度缩减
vi. 节省
a. 不足的,吝啬的 过度缩减节省不足的,吝啬的 scrimp v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; " scratch and scrimp" [ synonym: { scrimp}, { stint}, { skimp}] Scrimp \ Scrimp\, v. t. [ imp. & p. p. { Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr. & vb. n. { Scrimping}.] [ Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D. krimpen. Cf. { Shrimp}, { Shrink}.] To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to scrimp the pattern of a coat. [ 1913 Webster]
Scrimp \ Scrimp\, a. Short; scanty; curtailed. [ 1913 Webster]
Scrimp \ Scrimp\, n. A pinching miser; a niggard. [ U. S.] [ 1913 Webster] 31 Moby Thesaurus words for " scrimp": begrudge, economize, enforce economies, exiguous, famish, grudge, husband, keep within compass, live upon nothing, make ends meet, manage, pinch, pinch pennies, poor, put something aside, save, save up, scamp, scant, scanty, scrape, scrape and save, scratch, screw, scrimpy, skimp, skimpy, spare, sparse, starve, stint
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