Stint

[stɪnt]

解释:

(noun.) an individual's prescribed share of work; 'her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her'.

(verb.) supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; 'sting with the allowance'.

艾伦整理--From WordNet

解释:

(n.) Any one of several species of small sandpipers, as the sanderling of Europe and America, the dunlin, the little stint of India (Tringa minuta), etc. Called also pume.

(n.) A phalarope.

(v. t.) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to confine; to restrain; to restrict to a scant allowance.

(v. t.) To put an end to; to stop.

(v. t.) To assign a certain (i. e., limited) task to (a person), upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time; to stent.

(v. t.) To serve successfully; to get with foal; -- said of mares.

(v. i.) To stop; to cease.

(v. t.) Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

(v. t.) Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

录入:丽贝卡

同义词及近义词：

v. a. [1]. Limit, bound, restrain, confine.[2]. Straiten, pinch, distress, put on short allowance.[3]. [U. S.] Assign a task to.

v. n. Stop, cease, desist.

n. [1]. Limit, bound, restraint.[2]. Quantity assigned.[3]. Allotted task.

手打:威利

同义词及反义词：

SYN:Stop, limit, restrict, bound, dole

ANT:Lavish, pour, heap, squander

录入:史黛西

解释:

v.t. to shorten: to limit: to restrain.—v.i. to cease stop: to be saving.—n. limit: restraint restriction: proportion allotted fixed amount: one of several species of sandpiper the dunlin.—adj. Stint′ed limited.—ns. Stint′edness; Stint′er.—adv. Stint′ingly.—adjs. Stint′less; Stint′y.

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