单词 | meager |
释义 | meager —meagerly, adv. —meagerness, n. /mee"geuhr/, adj. 1. deficient in quantity or quality; lacking fullness or richness; scanty; inadequate: a meager salary; meager fare; a meager harvest. 2. having little flesh; lean; thin: a body meager with hunger. 3. maigre. Also, esp. Brit., meagre. [1300-50; ME megre < OF maigre < L macer lean] Syn. 1. See scanty. 2. gaunt, spare, skinny. |
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