skimp

名词 n. 动词 v. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
    — I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.
  2. Underwear. colloquial,in-plural
    — While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.
动词 v.
  1. To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of. Northern-England,Scotland
    — I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.
  2. To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp. transitive
    — I got out my wallet and let him have a look at my licenses, detective and driver's. He didn't skimp it, being a lawyer.
  3. To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
    — The temptation to skimp examinations and maintenance procedures, to save time or overcome staff shortages, must be resisted, and supervisors must insist on strict adherence to maintenance schedules and quality of workmanship.
  4. To save; to be parsimonious or stingy. intransitive
形容词 adj.
  1. Scanty. UK,US,colloquial,dated,dialectal

词形变化

skimps present,singular,third-person skimping participle,present skimped participle,past skimped past skimps present,singular,third-person skimping participle,present skimped participle,past skimped past more skimp comparative most skimp superlative skimps plural

词汇关系

衍生词
skimp and save skimper unskimped
相关词
skimpflation skimpily skimpy

词源

词源 1
Perhaps of North Germanic origin, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną (“to skip, dance, gesture, mock”). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (“to scoff at, scorn”), dialectal Swedish skimpa (“to skip, dance”), Faroese skumpa (“to shove, bump”), German schimpfen (“to grumble, scold”), Dutch schimpen (“to mock, make fun of, scold”). Possibly distantly related to change.
词源 2
Probably related to scamp and scrimp.
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