Stint
[stɪnt]
解釋/意思:
(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
解釋/意思:
(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.
錄入:丽贝卡
同義詞及近義詞:
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
同義詞及反義詞:
SYN:Stop, limit, restrict, bound, dole
ANT:Lavish, pour, heap, squander
錄入:史黛西
解釋/意思:
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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例句/造句/用法:
- I was spared all chill, all stint; I was not suffered to fear penury; I was not tried with suspense. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- The vacation is nearly over, the stints are all done, and we are ever so glad that we didn't dawdle. 路易莎·梅·奧爾科特. 小婦人.
- To conceal from my friends the stinted manner in which I lived, I was in the habit of bringing my food to my room in the evenings, and this was my mode of life for many years. 魯伯特·薩金特·荷蘭. 歷史性發明.
- I think I should have declined had I been poorer than I wasand with scantier fund of resource, more stinted narrowness of future prospect. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 維萊特.
- His living is a poor one, and gives him a stinted provision for himself and his family. 喬治·艾略特. 米德爾馬契.
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