meagre

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

meagre (especially US mea·ger)BrE [ˈmiːɡə(r)] NAmE [ˈmiːɡər] adjective
small in quantity and poor in quality
Syn: ↑paltry
•a meagre diet of bread and water
•She supplements her meagre income by cleaning at night.

Word Origin:
[meagre] Middle English (in the sense ‘lean’): from Old French maigre, from Latin macer.

Example Bank:
•She supplements her meagre income by cleaning offices at night.
•They had to exist on a meagre diet of bread and water.

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  meager, meagerly, stingy, scrimpy