| 正面 | 8486.stint 英 [stɪnt]美 [stɪnt]     |
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| 背面 |     释义： 1. 谐音“省锭的、省锭他”-----节省银锭的。2. stunt <=====> stint.3. stub => stump => stunt <===> stint.4. 谐音“使停的、使停他、使定的、使定他”。5. stand => stint.n. 节约；定额，定量vt. 节省；限制vi. 紧缩，节省 例句： 1. He did a stint abroad early in his career.他早先在国外干过一段时间。 stint 节省，限制，定额，定量，在某地的工作时间来自古英语 styntan,使钝化，使缩短，来自 Proto-Germanic*stuntijanan,砍短，变钝，来自 stint (v.)"to be sparing or frugal," 1722, earlier "to limit, restrain" (1510s), "cause to cease, put an end to" (mid-14c.), "cease, desist" (intransitive), c. 1200, from Old English styntan "to blunt, make dull," probably originally "make short," from Proto-Germanic *stuntijanan (cognates: Old Norse stuttr "short, scant," Middle High German stunz "blunt, short," German stutzen "to cut short, curtail, stop, hesitate"), from PIE root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). The English word perhaps was influenced by its Scandinavian cognates. Sense of "be careful in expenditure" is from 1848. Related: Stinted; stinting. The noun is attested from c. 1300." |