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meagre

adjective
🔊/ˈmiːɡə(r)/
🔊/ˈmiːɡər/
(US English meager)
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  1. small in quantity and poor in quality少量且劣质的 synonym paltry
    • a meagre diet of bread and water只有面包和水的简朴饮食
    • She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.她靠做夜间清洁工来补贴其微薄的收入。🔊🔊
    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.