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scrimp    音标拼音: [skr'ɪmp]
vt. 过度缩减
vi. 节省
a. 不足的,吝啬的

过度缩减节省不足的,吝啬的

scrimp
v 1: subsist on a meager allowance; "scratch and scrimp" [synonym:
{scrimp}, {stint}, {skimp}]

Scrimp \Scrimp\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Scrimped} (?; 215); p. pr.
& vb. n. {Scrimping}.] [Cf. Dan. skrumpe, G. schrumpfen, D.
krimpen. Cf. {Shrimp}, {Shrink}.]
To make too small or short; to limit or straiten; to put on
short allowance; to scant; to contract; to shorten; as, to
scrimp the pattern of a coat.
[1913 Webster]


Scrimp \Scrimp\, a.
Short; scanty; curtailed.
[1913 Webster]


Scrimp \Scrimp\, n.
A pinching miser; a niggard. [U.S.]
[1913 Webster]

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