meager
adjective · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
(Canada, US, common)Having little flesh; lean; thin.
- 2.
(Canada, US, common)Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent
A meager piece of cake in one bite.
The street outside my window furnishes meager entertainment.
Đồng nghĩa: paltry, scanty, inadequate, measly, miserly, exiguous, Lenten
- 3.
(Canada, US, common)(set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.
- 4.
(Canada, US, common)(mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).
Động từ
verb- 1.
(Canada, US, common, transitive)(American spelling, transitive) To make lean.
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ine-pro From Middle English megre, from megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to mæġer, meager meager, mager meager, mager, magr whence the magur, mager and mager. maigre.