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单词 meagre
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meagre

adjective
/ˈmiːɡə(r)/
/ˈmiːɡər/
(US English meager)
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  1. small in quantity and poor in quality synonym paltry
    • a meagre diet of bread and water
    • She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryMeagre/​meager is used with these nouns:
    • allowance
    • belongings
    • earnings
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    Word OriginMiddle English (in the sense ‘lean’): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.
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