stint 音标拼音: [st'ɪnt]
vt . 节省,限制,停止
vi . 节约
n . 吝惜,节约,限制
节省,限制,停止节约吝惜,节约,限制
stint n 1 :
an unbroken period of time during which you do something ;
"
there were stretches of boredom "; "
he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary " [
synonym : {
stretch }, {
stint }]
2 :
smallest American sandpiper [
synonym : {
least sandpiper }, {
stint },
{
Erolia minutilla }]
3 :
an individual '
s prescribed share of work ; "
her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her "
v 1 :
subsist on a meager allowance ; "
scratch and scrimp " [
synonym :
{
scrimp }, {
stint }, {
skimp }]
2 :
supply sparingly and with restricted quantities ; "
sting with the allowance " [
synonym : {
stint }, {
skimp }, {
scant }]
Sanderling \
San "
der *
ling \,
n . [
Sand -
ling .
So called because it obtains its food by searching the moist sands of the seashore .] (
Zool .)
A small gray and brown sandpiper ({
Calidris arenaria })
very common on sandy beaches in America ,
Europe ,
and Asia .
Called also {
curwillet }, {
sand lark }, {
stint },
and {
ruddy plover }.
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Stint \
Stint \,
v .
i .
To stop ;
to cease . [
Archaic ]
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They can not stint till no thing be left . --
Chaucer .
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And stint thou too ,
I pray thee . --
Shak .
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The damsel stinted in her song . --
Sir W .
Scott .
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Stint \
Stint \,
n . (
Zool .)
(
a )
Any one of several species of small sandpipers ,
as the sanderling of Europe and America ,
the dunlin ,
the little stint of India ({
Tringa minuta }),
etc .
Called also {
pume }.
(
b )
A phalarope .
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Stint \
Stint \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Stinted };
p .
pr . &
vb .
n .
{
Stinting }.] [
OE .
stinten ,
stenten ,
stunten ,
to cause to cease ,
AS .
styntan (
in comp .)
to blunt ,
dull ,
fr .
stunt dull ,
stupid ;
akin to Icel .
stytta to shorten ,
stuttr short ,
dial ,
Sw .
stynta to shorten ,
stunt short .
Cf . {
Stent }, {
Stunt }.]
1 .
To restrain within certain limits ;
to bound ;
to confine ;
to restrain ;
to restrict to a scant allowance .
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I shall not go about to extenuate the latitude of the curse upon the earth ,
or stint it only to the production of weeds . --
Woodward .
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She stints them in their meals . --
Law .
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2 .
To put an end to ;
to stop . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
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3 .
To assign a certain (
i .
e .,
limited )
task to (
a person ),
upon the performance of which one is excused from further labor for the day or for a certain time ;
to stent .
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4 .
To serve successfully ;
to get with foal ; --
said of mares .
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The majority of maiden mares will become stinted while at work . --
J .
H .
Walsh .
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Stint \
Stint \,
n . [
Also written stent .
See {
Stint },
v .
t .]
1 .
Limit ;
bound ;
restraint ;
extent .
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God has wrote upon no created thing the utmost stint of his power . --
South .
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2 .
Quantity or task assigned ;
proportion allotted .
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His old stint --
three thousand pounds a year .
--
Cowper .
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161 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stint ":
allotment ,
amount ,
anchor watch ,
apportionment ,
assignment ,
begrudge ,
bit ,
bound ,
bout ,
box ,
box in ,
box up ,
busywork ,
caliber ,
chare ,
charge ,
check ,
chore ,
circumscribe ,
circumscription ,
commission ,
compass ,
condition ,
confine ,
confinement ,
constraint ,
contain ,
control ,
copyright ,
cramp ,
cramping ,
curb ,
cut ,
cut corners ,
day shift ,
degree ,
devoir ,
discipline ,
dogwatch ,
draw the line ,
duty ,
economize ,
errand ,
exercise ,
extent ,
famish ,
fish to fry ,
full time ,
go ,
grade ,
graveyard shift ,
grudge ,
half time ,
hedge about ,
height ,
hem ,
hem in ,
homework ,
interval ,
job ,
job of work ,
keep from spreading ,
keep within bounds ,
labor ,
leap ,
level ,
limit ,
limitation ,
live upon nothing ,
lobster trick ,
localize ,
make -
work ,
mark ,
matters in hand ,
measure ,
mission ,
moderate ,
narrow ,
night shift ,
notch ,
nuance ,
obligation ,
odd job ,
overtime ,
part time ,
participation ,
pas ,
patent ,
peg ,
period ,
piece of work ,
pinch ,
pinch pennies ,
pitch ,
plane ,
plateau ,
point ,
project ,
proportion ,
qualification ,
qualify ,
quantity ,
quota ,
range ,
ratio ,
reach ,
register ,
relay ,
remove ,
reservation ,
responsibility ,
restrain ,
restraint ,
restrict ,
restriction ,
round ,
routine ,
rung ,
scale ,
scamp ,
scant ,
scope ,
scrape ,
screw ,
scrimp ,
service ,
shade ,
shadow ,
share ,
shift ,
short ,
skimp ,
space ,
spare ,
specialize ,
split schedule ,
split shift ,
stair ,
standard ,
starve ,
step ,
straiten ,
stretch ,
stricture ,
sunrise watch ,
swing shift ,
task ,
term ,
things to do ,
tighten ,
time ,
tour ,
tour of duty ,
tread ,
trick ,
turn ,
turn of work ,
watch ,
withhold ,
work ,
work shift
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