stint
英 [st?nt]
美[st?nt]
- n. 節(jié)約；定額，定量
- vt. 節(jié)省；限制
- vi. 緊縮，節(jié)省
英英釋意
- 1. an unbroken period of time during which you do something;
- "there were stretches of boredom"
- "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary"
- 2. smallest American sandpiper
- 3. an individuals prescribed share of work;
- "her stint as a lifeguard exhausted her"