( <美> meager)
1
- (of something provided or available) lacking in quantity or quality不足的, 微薄的; 质量差的：
they were forced to supplement their meagre earnings.
他们不得不想办法补充自己的微薄收入。
1.1
- (of a person or animal) lean; thin（人或动物）瘦的, 消瘦的。
1.2
- (of ideas or writing) lacking fullness; unsatisfying（思想或作品）贫乏的, 不丰富的, 不完备的; 不令人满意的：
a curriculum which is mean, meagre, and mechanical.
低劣、不完整和呆板的课程。
派生词
meagrely
adverbmeagreness
noun词源
Middle English （in the sense 'lean'）： from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.