stint
中文来自 ECDICT
- vt.
- 节省，限制，停止
- vi.
- 节约
- n.
- 吝惜，节约，限额
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演变路径（由近及远）
- 英语
- 继承自 ←中古英语 stinten
- 继承自 ←古英语 styntan “to make blunt”
- 继承自 ←原始西日耳曼语 *stuntijan
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *stuntijaną
- 继承自 ←原始日耳曼语 *stintaną “to make short”
词源说明
From Middle English stinten, from Old English styntan (“to make blunt”) and *stintan (attested in āstintan (“to make dull, stint, assuage”)), from Proto-West Germanic *stuntijan, from Proto-Germanic *stuntijaną and Proto-Germanic *stintaną (“to make short”), probably influenced in some senses by cognate Old Norse *stynta, stytta (“to make short, shorten”).
释义（英文）
动词 Verb
- (archaic, intransitive) To stop (an action); cease, desist.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To stop speaking or talking (of a subject).
- (intransitive) To be sparing or mean.
- (transitive) To restrain within certain limits; to bound; to restrict to a scant allowance.
- 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.
- (of mares) To impregnate successfully; to get with foal
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词源说明
Origin unknown.
释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Any of several very small wading birds in the genus Calidris. Types of sandpiper, such as the dunlin or the sanderling.
词族
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释义（英文）
名词 Noun
- Misspelling of stent (“medical device”).