meagreness n. 瘦
贫弱
贫乏
- The enormous expenditure of effort that ist entailed did not seem to be justified by the meagreness of the fruit.
在显少的成果面前,消耗掉的大量努力显得很不合理。 - He moved over to the window: a smallish, frail figure, the meagreness of his body merely emphasized by the blue overalls which were the uniform of the party.
温斯顿走到窗户前:他身材矮小,身体虚弱,一身蓝工作服(这还是党的制服哩)显得他越发消瘦。
meagreness[ noun ]
the quality of being meager
<noun.attribute>
an exiguity of cloth that would only allow of miniature capes
Meagerness \Mea"ger*ness\, Meagreness \Mea"gre*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being meager; leanness; scantiness;
barrenness.
Syn: meagreness, poorness, scantiness, scantness, exiguity.