英语词汇“thrifty”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	thrifty
释义	thrifty \-tē, -ti\ adjective (sometimes -er/-est) Etymology: Middle English, from thrift + -y 1. : thriving by industry and frugality : increasing in wealth < this is a thrifty modern-looking town — Elihu Burritt > 2. : growing vigorously : thriving < my flock is thriftier looking than a year ago — E.B.White > < the bean plants stood erect in thrifty order — Pearl Buck > 3. a. : given to or evincing thrift : characterized by economy and good management : provident < she had been a prudent and thrifty wife to him — W.M.Thackeray > < thrifty farmers whose hard work made the limestone region … a huge wheat granary — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager > b. : overly frugal : saving, sparse < ginger cookies with which she was not too thrifty when little girls passed by — Nancy Hale > < only to be regretted that the references to literature are so very thrifty — Philosophic Abstracts > Synonyms: see sparing
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