stintverb詞源 1/stɪnt/

• 1

  archaicTo stop (an action); cease, desist.

  • We mon haue payne that neuer shall stynt
  • O do thy cruell wrath and spightfull wrong / At length allay, and stint thy stormy strife […]
• 2

  obsoleteTo stop speaking or talking (of a subject).

• 3

  To be sparing or mean.

  • The next party you throw, don't stint on the beer.
• 4

  To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.

  • I shall not in the least go about to extenuate the Latitude of it: or to stint it only to the Produćtion of Weeds, of Thorns, Thisiles, and other the less useful Kinds of Plants
  • She stints them in their meals.
• 5

  To assign a certain task to (a person), upon the performance of which he/she is excused from further labour for that day or period; to stent.

• 6

  To impregnate successfully; to get with foal.

  • The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work.

stintnoun詞源 1/stɪnt/

• 1

  A period of time spent doing or being something; a spell.

  • He had a stint in jail.
  • Lilian Greenwood has ranked boosting diversity and inclusivity among her crowning achievements from her two-year stint chairing the House of Commons Transport Select Committee.
• 2

  Limit; bound; restraint; extent.

  • God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power.
• 3

  Quantity or task assigned; proportion allotted.

  • Jack bovv'd and vvas oblig'd—confeſs'd 'tvvas ſtrange / That ſo retir'd he ſhould not vviſh a change, / But knevv no medium betvveen guzzling beer, / And his old stint—three thouſand pounds a year.
• 4

  hobbieslifestylemotor-racingA part of the race between two consecutive pit stops.

  • That left Maldonado with a 6.2-second lead. Alonso closed in throughout their third stints, getting the gap down to 4.2secs before Maldonado stopped for the final time on lap 41.

stintnoun詞源 2/stɪnt/

• 1

  Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.

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• stent