英英释义
词典解释
网络解释
adj
1. deficient in amount or quality or extent
e.g. meager resources
meager fare
Synonym: meagermeagerlystingyscrimpy
1. 数量很少的;微薄的;不足的;贫乏的
If you describe an amount or quantity of something as meagre, you are critical of it because it is very small or not enough.
e.g. The bank's staff were already angered by a meagre 3.1% pay rise...
银行职员对只加薪3.1%已心生怒火。
e.g. Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。
1. meagre的翻译
1. 瘦的:meagerly 瘦地 | meagre 瘦的 | meagrely 瘦地
2. 贫乏的:lustre 光泽 luster | meagre 贫乏的 meager | millimetre 毫米 millimeter
3. 瘦的,贫弱的:mate 配偶,同伴 v.交配 | meagre 瘦的,贫弱的 | mostdistinctive最最杰出的,典型的
4. 不足的:knot 结 | meagre 不足的 | perimeter 周边
经典引文
He calls for Famine, and the meagre fiend Blows mildew from between his shrivelled teeth.
出自:W. CowperThe meagre condition of his horse.
出自:Sir W. ScottA meagre wiry old fellow.
出自:W. Irving近义词
临近词