thrift
thrift 英 [θrɪft] 美 [θrɪft]
n. 节俭；节约；[植] 海石竹
名词复数:thrifts
- Thrift means being very careful about how much money you spend. Reusing the same tea bag ten times so as not to waste money is a kind of thrift.
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- n. 节俭；节约；[植] 海石竹
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1. To practice thrift is a virtue.
节俭是美德。
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2. thrift has become the prevailing practice.
节约成风。
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3. Oppose extravagant eating and drinking and pay attention to thrift and economy.
反对大吃大喝， 注意节约。
- thrift (n.) c. 1300, "fact or condition of thriving," also "prosperity, savings," from Middle English thriven "to thrive" (see thrive), influenced by (or from) Old Norse þrift, variant of þrif "prosperity," from þrifask "to thrive." Sense of "habit of saving, economy" first recorded 1550s (thrifty in this sense is recorded from 1520s; also see spendthrift). Thrift shop attested by 1919.
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