meager

adj.贫乏的；不足的；瘦的 副词：meagerly名词：meagerness

meager

Adjective

deficient in amount or quality or extent;

"meager resources"
"meager fare"

meager例句

用作形容词(adj.)

It was medieval European monks who introduced scientific brewing techniques in an effort to produce a nutritious beverage to supplement their meager diets.
正是中世纪欧洲的僧侣们引进科学的啤酒酿造技术，制造有营养的饮料，从而补充了他们贫乏的饮食。

meager近义词

skimpy scanty poor sparse thin lean insufficient inadequate scant slight lacking scarce exiguous beggarly bare puny scraggy emaciated gaunt lank skinny undernourished scrawny rawboned lanky bony underfed paltry miserable measly derisory small mean insubstantial bitty meagre meagerly scrimpy stingy ample stout plump fat rich plentiful