scrimp /skrɪmp/ verb [intransitiveI] SAVE MONEYto try to save as much money as you can, even though you have very little 尽力攒钱,省吃俭用,节衣缩食 They scrimped and saved for years to buy their own home. 他们为买一栋自己的房子省吃俭用了许多年。
scrimp• How I hate your mean, scrimping, grabbing, greedy guts.• All those years of scrimping may have been needless.• Facing a financially bleak Christmas, he scrimped together every last penny to afford presents for the four boys.
scrimped and saved• My parents scrimped and saved to pay for my education.