stinting

stint /stint/
  • danh từ
    • sự hạn chế cung cấp; sự hạn chế cố gắng, sự không làm hết sức mình
      • to labour without stint: lao động hết sức mình
    • phần việc
      • to do one's daily stint: hoàn thành phần việc hằng ngày
  • ngoại động từ
    • hà tằn hà tiện; hạn chế
    • (từ cổ,nghĩa cổ) ngừng, thôi (không làm việc gì)

Xem thêm: economical, frugal, scotch, sparing, stretch, least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla, scrimp, skimp, skimp, scant



stinting

Từ điển WordNet

    adj.

  • avoiding waste; economical, frugal, scotch, sparing

    an economical meal

    an economical shopper

    a frugal farmer

    a frugal lunch

    a sparing father and a spending son

    sparing in their use of heat and light

    stinting in bestowing gifts

    thrifty because they remember the great Depression

    `scotch' is used only informally

    n.

  • an unbroken period of time during which you do something; stretch

    there were stretches of boredom

    he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary

  • smallest American sandpiper; least sandpiper, Erolia minutilla
  • an individuals prescribed share of work

    her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her

    v.

  • subsist on a meager allowance; scrimp, skimp

    scratch and scrimp

  • supply sparingly and with restricted quantities; skimp, scant

    sting with the allowance

English Synonym and Antonym Dictionary

stints|stinted|stinting
syn.: assignment chore duty function job role task work