English Dictionary

meagre

/ˈmiːɡɚ/

adj

Having little flesh; lean; thin. / Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

She had a meagre meal consisting of a small salad and a piece of bread.

意味（1）

Having little flesh; lean; thin.

[…]meagre were his looks; / Sharp misery had worn him to the bones:

意味（2）

Deficient or inferior in amount, quality or extent

Nothing will grow in this meagre soil.

意味（3）

(set theory) Of a set: such that, considered as a subset of a (usually larger) topological space, it is in a precise sense small or negligible.

意味（4）

(mineralogy) Dry and harsh to the touch (e.g., as chalk).