英语词汇“exiguous”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

　

单词	exiguous
释义	Trends of exiguous View usage for: exiguous in British English (ɪɡˈzɪɡjʊəs, ɪkˈsɪɡ-) adjective scanty or slender; meagre an exiguous income Derived forms exiguity (ˌɛksɪˈɡjuːɪtɪ) or exiguousness (exˈiguousness) noun exiguously (exˈiguously) adverb Word origin C17: from Latin exiguus, from exigere to weigh out; see exigent exiguous in American English (ɛgˈzɪgjuəs; ɪgˈzɪgjuəs) adjective scanty; little; small; meager Derived forms exiguity (ˌexiguity) (ˌɛksəˈgjuəti) noun Word origin L exiguus, small < exigere: see exact Examples of 'exiguous' in a sentence exiguous If Lillian's dessert plate was festooned with candied violets, mine would have an exiguous broken petal or two. Katherine Mosb THE SEASON OF LILLIAN DAWES (2002) Synonyms of 'exiguous' meagre, spare, bare, slender More Synonyms of exiguous (adjective) in the sense of meagre Definition scanty or meagre (formal) Synonyms meagre a meagre 3% pay rise spare She was thin and spare, with a shapely intelligent face. bare a bare, draughty interviewing room slender the Government's slender 21-seat majority negligible sparse Many slopes are rock fields with sparse vegetation. paltry He was fined the paltry sum of $50. skimpy skimpy underwear scanty So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two subjects. Additional synonyms in the sense of bare Definition lacking appropriate furnishings, etc. a bare, draughty interviewing room Synonyms empty, wanting, mean, lacking, deserted, vacant, void, scarce, barren, uninhabited, unoccupied, scanty, unfurnished in the sense of paltry Definition insignificant He was fined the paltry sum of $50. Synonyms meagre, petty, trivial, trifling, beggarly, derisory, measly (informal), piddling (informal), inconsiderable in the sense of scanty Definition barely sufficient or not sufficient So far, what scanty evidence we have points to two subjects. Synonyms meagre, sparse, poor, thin, narrow, sparing, restricted, bare, inadequate, pathetic, insufficient, slender, scant, deficient, exiguous (formal) Nearby words of exiguous exhume exigency exigent exiguous exile exiled exist Synonyms of 'exiguous' exiguous Explore 'exiguous' in the dictionary
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