stint

noun

1. an individual's prescribed share of work

e.g. her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her

2. smallest American sandpiper

Synonym: least sandpiperErolia minutilla

3. an unbroken period of time during which you do something

e.g. there were stretches of boredom
he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary

Synonym: stretch

verb

1. supply sparingly and with restricted quantities

e.g. sting with the allowance

Synonym: skimpscant

2. subsist on a meager allowance

e.g. scratch and scrimp

Synonym: scrimpskimp

1. (在某地的)工作时间，活动时间
A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place.

e.g. He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.
他在香港工作了5 年后即将回国。

1. 节省：stinkweed 臭草 | stint 节省 | stipe 柄

2. 吝惜,节省：acquaintance熟人 | stint吝惜,节省 | stink臭气

3. 吝啬：tink 叮当声 | stint 吝啬 | flayflint 大吝啬鬼

4. 限制;定额;节约;定量：stinkstone 臭灰岩 | stint 限制;定额;节约;定量 | stipite 富含黄铁矿瘦煤