| 单词 | thrift |
| 释义 | thrift (once / 878 pages) 1n 2n Thrift means being very careful about how much money you spend. Reusing the same tea bag ten times so as not to waste money is a kind of thrift. The word thrift originally referred to fortune and has come to mean the act of being economical; a thrifty person, or someone who practices thrift, is likely to be fortunate in the sense that he has savings. At a thrift store, you will find inexpensive clothing. You probably don’t want to exercise thrift when deciding on something important, like which brain surgeon to use. You may also find thrift on sunlit mountaintops, in the form of a slender-leaved plant with pink flowers. WORD FAMILYthrift: thriftless, thrifts, thrifty+/thriftiness: thriftinesses/thriftless: thriftlessly, thriftlessness/thrifty: thriftier, thriftiest, thriftily, thriftiness USAGE EXAMPLESThe homeless would get gift certificates at a thrift shop to replace disposed items once housing is secured. Washington Times(Dec 31, 2016) The ugly-sweater trend started with people buying vintage sweaters from thrift shops and surplus stores. Seattle Times(Dec 19, 2016) Employees of three charities that operate thrift stores in the Lewiston-Clarkston Valley would say “No.” Washington Times(Dec 17, 2016) 1 n extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily 2Syn|Hyper parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching frugality, frugalness prudence in avoiding waste n any of numerous sun-loving low-growing evergreens of the genus Armeria having round heads of pink or white flowers Hypo|Hyper Armeria maritima, cliff rose, sea pink tufted thrift of seacoasts and mountains of north temperate zone; occasionally grown as a ground cover subshrub, suffrutex low-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base |
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