exiguous

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Scanty; meager.
    — The herdboy in the broom, already musical in the days of Father Chaucer, startles (and perhaps pains) the lark with this exiguous pipe.

词形变化

more exiguous comparative most exiguous superlative

词源

From Latin exiguus (“strict, exact”), from exigere (“to measure against a standard”).
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