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To skimp is to use too little of something — money, time, material, or care — so the result is weak or of bad quality. If you skimp on sleep, you are tired the next day. If a builder skimps on the wood, the shelf does not last. The word feels a little sharp: you should have used more, and it shows. It is not the same as being carefully cheap in a smart way; skimp says the cheapness hurt the work. You will most often hear skimp on + a noun. Informal to neutral; common in complaints.
吝於投入、捨不得花夠
組成Perhaps from a North Germanic root (Proto-Germanic *skimpijaną, to skip, dance, gesture, mock). Cognate with Icelandic skimpa (to scorn), dialectal Swedish skimpa (to skip, dance), Faroese skumpa (to shove), German schimpfen (to scold), Dutch schimpen (to mock or scold). Probably related to scamp and scrimp; a distant link to change is only a maybe.
原始詞典資料7 筆記錄
以下是外部詞典記錄的用法，原文照列，我們還沒有寫成教學內容。上面的說明才是我們自己寫的；有些用法可能上面已經講過了。
skimpverb詞源 1/ˈskɪmp/
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To mock, deride, scorn, scold, make fun of.
- I thought Adie was only skimpin' me.
skimpverb詞源 2/ˈskɪmp/
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To slight; to do carelessly; to scamp.
- I got out my wallet and let him have a look at my licenses, detective and driver's. He didn't skimp it, being a lawyer.
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To make insufficient allowance for; to scant; to scrimp.
- The temptation to skimp examinations and maintenance procedures, to save time or overcome staff shortages, must be resisted, and supervisors must insist on strict adherence to maintenance schedules and quality of workmanship.
- Apple’s investment bought something. Its shows feel professional. They look like premium products that no one skimped on.
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To save; to be parsimonious or stingy.
skimpadj詞源 2/ˈskɪmp/
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dateddialectalScanty.
skimpnoun詞源 2/ˈskɪmp/
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A skimpy or insubstantial thing, especially a piece of clothing.
- I remembered how fierce it hurt and how it blistered. All that pain from just a skimp of flesh.
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Underwear.
- While presenting a rundown of the sexiest soap stars in the world in this week's ZOO, Hollyoaks' Gemma Atkinson very kindly stripped down to her skimps herself.
資料來源：英文維基詞典 English Wiktionary（CC BY-SA 4.0）。 原文照列，未經改寫。