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meagre |
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meagre adjective /ˈmiːɡə(r)/ /ˈmiːɡər/ (US English meager) - small in quantity and poor in quality少量且劣质的 synonym paltry
- a meagre diet of bread and water只有面包和水的简朴饮食
- She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.她靠做夜间清洁工来补贴其微薄的收入。
Collocations DictionaryMeagre/meager is used with these nouns: - allowance
- belongings
- earnings
- …
词源Middle English (in the sense ‘lean’): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.
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