meager

英 美 ['migɚ]
  • adj. 贫乏的；瘦的
  • n. 兆
TEM8 GRE TOEFL 畅通词汇

助记提示

1. me + eager 我渴望。

解字：m+eager
说文：妈妈渴望见到儿子，导致～。/妈妈渴望变～。 望眼欲穿。望穿秋水。

都说“为伊消得人憔悴”，而妈妈可以说为儿子消得人憔悴。
2. 谐音“靡哥”-----萎靡的哥哥、萎靡的人。

中文词源

meager 少量且劣质的

来自古法语maigre,薄的，来自拉丁语macrum,薄的，细的，长的，大的，来自PIE*makro,细长的，词源同macro-.

英文词源

meager (adj.)
late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from Old French megre, maigre "thin" (12c.), from Latin macrum (nominative macer) "lean, thin" (source of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian magro), from PIE *makro- (see macro-). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from early 15c. Cognate Germanic words (Old Norse magr "thin," Old High German magar, German mager, Middle Dutch magher, Dutch mager, Old English mæger) come directly from the PIE root via Proto-Germanic *magras and are not from Latin.

双语例句

1. His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
他分到的那一点点煤气必须留着急用。
来自柯林斯例句
2. He could not support his family on his meager salary.
他靠微薄的工资无法养家.
来自《简明英汉词典》
3. Their food supply is meager.
他们的食品供给少得可怜。
来自辞典例句
4. Fustian can't disguise the author's meager plot.
浮夸的文章掩饰不住这个作者的贫乏情节。
来自辞典例句
5. The state of knowledge about fracture surfaces is very meager.
有关断裂表面的知识非常缺乏.
来自辞典例句