scrimp英语原文释义、词形变化、词源和词汇关系

英文释义

名词 n.

A pinching miser; a niggard.

动词 v.

To make too small or short; to shortchange. sometimes,transitive,with-on

— to scrimp the pattern of a coat
To limit or straiten; to put on short allowance. transitive

— For, as a general thing, the English merchant-ship scrimps her crew; but not so the English whaler.
To be frugal, whether to a reasonable and wise extent or to a miserly and unwise extent. intransitive

— “Oh, Electra, jewel of women, darling of my heart, we are free at last, we roll in wealth, we need never scrimp again. It's a case for Veuve Cliquot!”

形容词 adj.

Short; scanty; curtailed.

词形变化

scrimps plural scrimps present,singular,third-person scrimping participle,present scrimped participle,past scrimped past more scrimp comparative most scrimp superlative

词汇关系

衍生词

scrimp and save scrimp together scrimper

词源

词源 1

From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim.

词源 2

From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim.

词源 3

From Scots scrimp (“meager”), from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German schrimpen (“to shrivel up, wrinkle”), from Old Dutch *scrimpan, from Frankish *skrimpan, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skrimpaną (“to shrink”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- (“to cut off”), related to Old English sċrimman (“to shrink”) and sċrincan (“to shrivel up”). Doublet of shrink, shrimp, and shrim.