skimpy meaning in Chinese
adj.
1.吝啬的,小气的。
2.勉强够数的;短缺的,不足的;不充分的,不够大的。
3.马马虎虎的,敷衍了事的。
adv.
-ily ,-iness n.
Examples
- I don't like those skimpy trousers .
我不喜欢这种小里小气的裤子。 - The meals were skimpy and there were only two of them .
饭不够吃,每天还只开两顿。 - The material available on argo city was skimpy suspiciously skimpy .
有关阿尔格城的材料少得可怜,少得出奇。 - While our intelligence was skimpy and conveyed no particular sense of urgency, the soviets seemed to be better informed .
我们这方面情报工作这样差,而且毫无紧迫感,而苏联人的消息似乎比较灵通。 - " i ' m never again going to sit eating lunch on a boat in just a skimpy bikini
“我不会再穿着暴露的比基尼在小艇上享用午餐了。