thrift

🇬🇧 UK/θrift/🇺🇸 US
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Definitions

n.

The quality of being careful and not wasteful with money or resources; a savings institution.

节俭,节约;储蓄机构

v.

To shop at a thrift store; to buy secondhand goods.

在二手店购物

🧩 Root Breakdown

Native English
thriftother
=thrift

Common Collocations

  • 1.practice thrift厉行节俭
  • 2.thrift store二手商店/旧货店
  • 3.thrift and frugality勤俭节约
  • 4.[spirit of thrift]节俭精神

Example Sentences

  • 1.

    Her grandmother's thrift during the war years meant the family never went hungry.

  • 2.

    He learned the value of thrift early in life and always saved a portion of his income.

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