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

skimpskimp /skɪmp/ verb [intransitive]

ETYMOLOGYskimp

Origin: 1800-1900 Perhaps from scrimp

VERB TABLE

skimp

Simple Form
Present	I, you, we, they	skimp
	he, she, it	skimps
Past	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	skimped
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have skimped
	he, she, it	has skimped
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had skimped
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will skimp
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have skimped

Continuous Form
Present	I	am skimping
	he, she, it	is skimping
	you, we, they	are skimping
Past	I, he, she, it	was skimping
	you, we, they	were skimping
Present perfect	I, you, we, they	have been skimping
	he, she, it	has been skimping
Past perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	had been skimping
Future	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will be skimping
Future perfect	I, you, he, she, it, we, they	will have been skimping

to not spend enough money or time on something, or not use enough of something, so that what you do is unsuccessful or of bad quality: skimp on Don’t skimp on the cream.