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abstemious a. 节制的,节约的 节制的,节约的 abstemious adj 1: sparing in consumption of especially food and drink; " the pleasures of the table, never of much consequence to one naturally abstemious"- John Galsworthy [ ant: { gluttonous}] 2: marked by temperance in indulgence; " abstemious with the use of adverbs"; " a light eater"; " a light smoker"; " ate a light supper" [ synonym: { abstemious}, { light( a)}] Abstemious \ Ab* ste" mi* ous\, a. [ L. abstemius; ab, abs root of temetum intoxicating drink.] 1. Abstaining from wine. [ Orig. Latin sense.] [ 1913 Webster] Under his special eye Abstemious I grew up and thrived amain. -- Milton. [ 1913 Webster] 2. Sparing in diet; refraining from a free use of food and strong drinks; temperate; abstinent; sparing in the indulgence of the appetite or passions. [ 1913 Webster] Instances of longevity are chiefly among the abstemious. -- Arbuthnot. [ 1913 Webster] 3. Sparingly used; used with temperance or moderation; as, an abstemious diet. -- Gibbon. [ 1913 Webster] 4. Marked by, or spent in, abstinence; as, an abstemious life. " One abstemious day." -- Pope. [ 1913 Webster] 5. Promotive of abstemiousness. [ R.] [ 1913 Webster] Such is the virtue of the abstemious well. -- Dryden. [ 1913 Webster] 68 Moby Thesaurus words for " abstemious": Apostolic, Encratic, Lenten, Pythagorean, Rechabite, Shaker, Spartan, Stoic, abstentious, abstinent, ascetic, austere, celibate, chaste, continent, dwarfed, dwarfish, exiguous, frugal, fruitarian, impoverished, jejune, lean, limited, meager, mean, miserly, narrow, nephalistic, niggardly, on the wagon, paltry, parsimonious, poor, puny, scant, scanty, scrawny, scrimp, scrimpy, self- abnegating, self- denying, sexually abstinent, skimp, skimpy, slender, slight, slim, small, sober, spar, spare, sparing, starvation, stingy, stinted, straitened, stunted, subsistence, sworn off, teetotal, temperate, thin, unnourishing, unnutritious, vegetarian, watered, watery |
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