scrimp
noun · verb · adjectiveA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A pinching miser; a niggard.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(sometimes, transitive, with on)(transitive, sometimes with on) To make too small or short; to shortchange.
to scrimp the pattern of a coat
The company scrimped on the design so badly that it ended up defective.
Đồng nghĩa: scant, contract, shorten, skimp
- 2.
(transitive)To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance.
- 3.
(intransitive)To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent.
Đồng nghĩa: skimp, scrape by
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Short; scanty; curtailed.
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Nguồn gốc từ
From scrimp (meager), from Middle Dutch - or schrimpen (to shrivel up, wrinkle), from *scrimpan, from *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (to shrink), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (to cut off), related to sċrimman and sċrincan (to shrivel up). shrink shrimp shrim.