mea.ger 也作 mea.gre
meager的音标和读音：
DJ音标发音： [ˈmi:gə]
KK音标发音： [ˈmigɚ]
meager的词性：
adj.（形容词）
1. Deficient in quantity, fullness, or extent; scanty.
不足的，缺乏的：在数量、程度或范围上缺乏的；不足的
2. Deficient in richness, fertility, or vigor; feeble:
贫乏的：在丰富度、肥沃度或生命力上不足的；虚弱的：
the meager soil of an eroded plain.
被侵蚀的贫瘠平原
3. Having little flesh; lean.
肉少的；瘦的
meager的词源：
4. Middle English megre [thin]
中古英语 megre [细的，瘦的]
5. from Old French
源自 古法语
6. from Latin macer * see m3k-
源自 拉丁语 macer *参见 m3k-
meager的词性：
adv.（副词）
meager的词性：
n.（名词）
meager， spare， sparse， skimpy， scanty， scant
7. These adjectives mean lacking in quantity, fullness, or extent.
这些形容词都有在数量、程度、范围上缺乏和不足的意思。
8. Meager suggests leanness (
Meager 有细、瘦的含义(
a small, meager woman); in a less specific sense it implies an insufficiency of what is needed for completeness or richness:
一个瘦小的女人)； 在略广的含义上，它指是的缺乏所需求的完整或丰富：
meager fare;
不足的费用；
meager resources.
匮乏的资源。
“The report that first reached us through the newspapers was meager and contradictory” (Thomas B. Aldrich).
“最初通过报纸传到我们这里的报道既不全面又互相矛盾”。 （托马斯B. 奥尔德里奇）.
9. Spare implies bare sufficiency without excess:
Spare 隐含“勉强够，没有任何余地”的意思：
The library had a spare but efficient look about it.
这个图书馆给人一种简单，但却很有效的感觉。
The author's style is spare and elegant.
这个作者有一种不加渲染的优雅风格。
10. Sparse indicates a lack of density and a thin distribution of units:
Sparse 指缺乏密集度和不充足的分布：
a sparse hedge;
稀疏的树篱；
sparse hair;
稀疏的头发；
“a party which as yet was . . . an unorganized mob-thick in one place, sparse in another” (Walter Besant).
“一个迄今还是…时而乱哄哄地没有组织，时而稀稀落落的党派” （华特·贝赞特）。
11. Skimpy implies inadequacy, as in length or fullness, such as might result from frugality or stinginess:
Skimpy 指因为吝啬而造成的长度、数量的不足：
a skimpy dress;
不够长的裙子；
a skimpy allowance.
不够花的零用钱。
The skimpy rug barely covers the floor.
不够大的地毯勉强盖住了地板。
12. Scanty implies a lack of sufficiency, as in extent, quantity, or degree:
Scanty 指在范围、数量、程度上的不足：
His knowledge of mathematics is superficial and scanty.
他的数学知识浅显、贫乏。
The farmer's financial difficulties were caused by a scanty harvest.
这个农民的经济困难是因为收成不足造成的。
13. Scant applies to what is barely enough (
Scant 用于指勉强够(
gave us scant respect) or to what falls short of an expected or desired amount (
给我们刚刚足够的尊重)， 或指未达到预期的数量(
The movers gave me a scant hour's notice of their arrival).
搬家的人只通知给我们短短的一小时，他们就来了)