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    Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++ex·ig·u·ous /ɪɡˈzɪɡuəs/ adjective formal  SMALLvery small in amount 极少的；微薄的 exiguous earnings 微薄的收入
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    exiguous• As a team with which to go goat-hunting it was not quite so exiguous as he implied.• She gulped it down, paid the exiguous dispensing fee, and left the premises.    Origin exiguous (1600-1700) Latin exiguus, from exigere; → EXACT2
    ex·ig·u·ous adjectiveChineseSyllable
    very amount in small Corpus


    exiguous
    ex‧ig‧u‧ous /ɪɡˈzɪɡuəs/ adjective formal
     Date: 1600-1700
     Language: Latin
     Origin: exiguus, from exigere; ⇨ exact2
    very small in amount:
        exiguous earnings


    ex·igu·ousBrE /eɡˈzɪɡjuəs/ 🔊NAmE /eɡˈzɪɡjuəs/ 🔊 adjective (formal) very small in size or amount; hardly enough 微小的；稀少的；不够的