音标:['skimpi] ;
a. 不足的, 吝啬的
s containing little excess
词型变化:形容词比较级 : skimpier ; 形容词最高级 : skimpiest
考试类型:[托福]
词性分布:
形容词100%

skimpy的用法和样例:

例句

用作形容词(adj.)
  1. I don't like those skimpy trousers.我不喜欢这种小里小气的裤子。
  2. They provided only skimpy details.他们提供的细节不充分。
  3. Her knowledge of art was skimpy.她缺乏艺术方面的知识。

经典引文

  • The lunch servingsjust four lonely raviolisseemed skimpy.sss sssM. Atwood

    出自:Minnesota Monthly
【近义词】

26 Renting an Apartment GLOSSARY apartment manager a person whose job is to take care of problems in an apartment building, collect the rent, and find peopleto live in the building * When our toilet stopped working, we called the apartment manager. v

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