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ลองค้นหาคำในรูปแบบอื่น ๆ เพื่อให้ได้ผลลัพธ์มากขึ้นหรือน้อยลง: -meager-, *meager*
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English-Thai: NECTEC's Lexitron-2 Dictionary [with local updates]
meager(adj) ขาดแคลน, See also: ยากจน, ไม่พอเพียง, มีน้อยมาก, Syn. few, scant, scarce, Ant. many, numerous
meager(adj) ผอม, See also: บาง, แห้ง, Syn. skinny, bony
meagerly(adv) อย่างขาดแคลน, Syn. scantly, skimpily
meagerness(n) ความขาดแคลน, Syn. scarcity, need, poverty

English-Thai: HOPE Dictionary [with local updates]
meager(มี'เกอะ) adj. ขาดแคลน, น้อย, ไม่พอเพียง, ยากจน, ผอม, See also: meagerness n. meagreness n., Syn. poor, scanty

ตัวอย่างประโยคจาก Tanaka JP-EN Corpus
meagerIt was difficult to live on his meager earnings.

Thai-English-French: Volubilis Dictionary 1.0
จำกัด[jamkat] (adj) EN: limited ; confined ; restricted ; restrictive ; meager ; Ltd  FR: limité ; restreint ; restrictif ; fini

CMU English Pronouncing Dictionary Dictionary [with local updates]
meager

WordNet (3.0)
meager(adj) deficient in amount or quality or extent, Syn. scrimpy, meagre, stingy, meagerly, Ant. ample
meagerly(adv) to a meager degree or in a meager manner, Syn. meagrely, sparingly, slenderly, Ant. amply
meagerness(n) the quality of being meager; -George Eliot, Syn. meagreness, scantness, poorness, exiguity, leanness, scantiness

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53
meagerly

adj. same as meager, 2. Opposite of ample.
Syn. -- meager, meagre. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Meagre

{ } a. [ OE. merge, F. maigre, L. macer; akin to D. & G. mager, Icel. magr, and prob. to Gr. makro`s long. Cf. Emaciate, Maigre. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

1. Destitue of, or having little, flesh; lean. [ 1913 Webster ]

Meager were his looks;
Sharp misery had worn him to the bones. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. Destitute of richness, fertility, strength, or the like; defective in quantity, or poor in quality; poor; barren; scanty in ideas; wanting strength of diction or affluence of imagery; as, meager resources; meager fare. Opposite of ample. [ wns=1 ] [ Narrower terms: exiguous ] [ Narrower terms: hardscrabble, marginal ] [ Narrower terms: measly, miserable, paltry ] “Meager soil.” Dryden.
Syn. -- meagre, meagerly, scanty. [ 1913 Webster ]

Of secular habits and meager religious belief. I. Taylor. [ 1913 Webster ]

His education had been but meager. Motley. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Min.) Dry and harsh to the touch, as chalk. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. less than a desirable amount; -- of items distributed from a larger supply. [ wns=2 ]
Syn. -- scrimpy, skimpy, skimping. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Syn. -- Thin; lean; lank; gaunt; starved; hungry; poor; emaciated; scanty; barren. [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Meager
Meagre

{ }, v. t. To make lean. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Variants: Meager

Chinese-English: CC-CEDICT Dictionary
薄[bó, ㄅㄛˊ, 薄] meager; mean; weak; poor; frail; frivolous; to despise; to look down on; surname Bo #2,971 [Add to Longdo]
清瘦[qīng shòu, ㄑㄧㄥ ㄕㄡˋ, 清 瘦] meager #42,385 [Add to Longdo]
薄技[bó jì, ㄅㄛˊ ㄐㄧˋ, 薄 技] meager skill; humility word: my poor talents #244,788 [Add to Longdo]
浅鲜[qiǎn xiǎn, ㄑㄧㄢˇ ㄒㄧㄢˇ, 浅 鲜 / 淺 鮮] meager; slight #294,138 [Add to Longdo]
薄产[bó chǎn, ㄅㄛˊ ㄔㄢˇ, 薄 产 / 薄 產] meager estate; small means #311,708 [Add to Longdo]
微薄的[wēi bó de, ㄨㄟ ㄅㄛˊ ㄉㄜ˙, 微 薄 的] meager [Add to Longdo]

Japanese-English: EDICT Dictionary
乏しい[とぼしい(P);ともしい, toboshii (P); tomoshii] (adj-i) meagre; meager; scarce; limited; destitute; hard up; lacking; scanty; poor; (P) #9,108 [Add to Longdo]
その日暮らし;その日暮し;其の日暮らし;其の日暮し[そのひぐらし, sonohigurashi] (n) (1) financially scraping by; meagre existence (meager); hand to mouth existence; (2) living one's life without plan; living life day-by-day; taking life one day at a time [Add to Longdo]
勤め上げる[つとめあげる, tsutomeageru] (v1, vt) to serve out one's apprenticeship; to serve out one's time [Add to Longdo]
細やか[ささやか, sasayaka] (adj-na) meagre; meager; modest; (P) [Add to Longdo]
細微[さいび, saibi] (adj-na, n) minute; meager; meagre; mean [Add to Longdo]
染め上げる[そめあげる, someageru] (v1, vt) to finish dyeing [Add to Longdo]
痩せ腕[やせうで, yaseude] (n) (1) thin arm; (2) meager income; meagre income [Add to Longdo]
締め上げる;絞め上げる[しめあげる, shimeageru] (v1, vt) (1) to screw up; to put the screws on (a person); (2) to constrict (someone, something) [Add to Longdo]
纏め上げる[まとめあげる, matomeageru] (v1) to compile; to bring together; to weave; to put together [Add to Longdo]
薄給[はっきゅう, hakkyuu] (n, adj-no) small (meagre, meager) salary [Add to Longdo]

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