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mea·gre /ˈmiːɡə(r)/
a.
1. (尤指食物)质量差的，粗劣的；不足的
a meagre diet 粗茶淡饭
a meagre living 缺吃少穿的生活
a meagre harvest 歉收
make a meagre＄280 a month 每月只挣280美元的菲薄工资
It was difficult to live on his meagre earnings. 靠他那么一点工资生活是很困难的。
2. 瘦的
a small, meagre man 瘦小的男子
one's meagre arms 细瘦的手臂
a body meagre with hunger 饿瘦的身体
3. (文学作品、思想等)不丰富的，贫乏的；不详尽的，不完备的；枯竭的
meagre news 不详尽的消息
In spite of her meagre Hebrew, she was perhaps the most acclimated. 她的希伯来语尽管讲得不好，但恐怕倒是她最适应环境。
Her knowledge of music is meagre. 她的音乐知识很贫乏。
4. (食物)素的
[< OFr maigre < L macer lean, poor] |