| 单词 | stint |
| 释义 | stint (once / 1251 pages) 1vn 2n The noun stint means a set amount of time in which you do something — often work of some sort. "She served a stint in the army, followed by a stint in an office setting, before settling on a career as a lounge singer." Unlike a project or vocation, a stint can refer to the stretch of time spent doing a particular job. You apply for a job, but you refer to your past stint in the Peace Corps. As a verb, stint means to be sparing or frugal, or restrict in a stingy manner ("to skimp"). "The school board chose to make cuts at the administrative level, rather than stint on the children's education." WORD FAMILYstint: stinted, stinting, stints+/stinted: unstinted/stinting: stintingly, unstinting/unstinted: unstintedly/unstinting: unstintingly USAGE EXAMPLESDahlin says the final stages of his three-week stint in a secret jail were among the hardest, even though he sensed his release was imminent. The Guardian(Jan 02, 2017) Mexican police finally are able to track him down during his four-week stint as a guest judge on “America’s Got Talent.” Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) It’s possible Bradley’s short stint did some good, perhaps laying the groundwork for the next American coach and assuring a softer landing for his successor. Los Angeles Times(Dec 31, 2016) 1 1v supply sparingly and with restricted quantities Syn|Hyper scant, skimp furnish, provide, render, supply give something useful or necessary to 2v subsist on a meager allowance Syn|Hyper scrimp, skimp save spend less; buy at a reduced price 3n an unbroken period of time during which you do something Syn|Hyper stretch continuance, duration the period of time during which something continues 4n an individual's prescribed share of work 2her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her Hyper chore, job, task a specific piece of work required to be done as a duty or for a specific fee n smallest American sandpiper Syn|Hyper Erolia minutilla, least sandpiper sandpiper any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers |
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