meager英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

动词 v.

To make lean. Canada,US,common,transitive

形容词 adj.

Having little flesh; lean; thin. Canada,US,common
Poor, deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent Canada,US,common

— A meager piece of cake in one bite.
Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible. Canada,US,common
Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk). Canada,US,common

词形变化

meagerer comparative meagerest superlative meagre alternative,Commonwealth meagers present,singular,third-person meagering participle,present meagered participle,past meagered past meagre alternative,Commonwealth

词汇关系

衍生词

comeager meagerly meagerness nonmeager

词源

词源 1

From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Icelandic magr whence the Icelandic magur,
Norwegian Bokmål mager and Danish mager. Doublet of maigre.

词源 2

From Middle English megre, from Anglo-Norman megre, Old French maigre, from Latin macer, from Proto-Indo-European *mh₂ḱrós. Akin, through the Indo-European root, to Old English mæġer (“meager, lean”), West Frisian meager (“meager”), Dutch mager (“meager”), German mager, Icelandic magr whence the Icelandic magur,
Norwegian Bokmål mager and Danish mager. Doublet of maigre.