| 释义 |
stint/stint/ v. & n.●v. 1 tr. supply (food or aid etc.) in a niggardly amount or grudgingly (食物或帮助等)限量供给 2 tr. (often 常作 refl.) supply (a person etc.) in this way 使(某人)节衣缩食，省吃俭用 3 intr. (foll. by 后跟 on) be grudging or mean about 节省；吝惜 ●n. 1 a limitation of supply or effort 节省；吝惜 without stint 毫不吝惜 2 a fixed or allotted amount or period of work 定量；限额；分配的任务；工作期限 do one's stint 完成定额 3 a small sandpiper, esp. a dunlin 小矶鹞(尤指滨鹬) □ stintless adj.[Old English styntan ‘to blunt, dull’, from Germanic: related to STUNT1] |