late 14c. (late 12c. as a surname), "lean, thin, emaciated" (of persons or animals), from Old French megre, maigre "thin" (12c.), from Latin macrum (nominative macer) "lean, thin" (source of Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian magro), from PIE *makro- (see macro-). Of material things (land, food, etc.) from early 15c. Cognate Germanic words (Old Norse magr "thin," Old High German magar, German mager, Middle Dutch magher, Dutch mager, Old English m?ger) come directly from the PIE root via Proto-Germanic *magras and are not from Latin.
例文
1. His meager allotment of gas had to be saved for emergencies.
彼が分けたわずかなガスは急用を残しておかなければならない。
2.He could not support his family on his meager salary.
彼はわずかな給料では家族を養うことができない。
3.Their food supply is meager .
彼らの食品供給はかわいそうに少ない。
4.Fustian can 't disguise the author 's meager plot.
誇張された文章は、この著者の貧弱なエピソードを隠すことができない。
5.The state of knowledge about fracture surfaces is very meager .