scrimp
/skrɪmp/verb
no obj.
- be thrifty or parsimonious; economize节俭：
I have scrimped and saved to give you a good education.
我省吃俭用让你接受良好教育。
词源
mid 18th cent. （in the sense 'keep short of (food)'）：from Scots scrimp 'meagre'; perhaps related to SHRIMP.