thrift
thrift
noun
[mass noun]
noun
[mass noun]
- the quality of using money and other resources carefully and not wastefully
节约，节俭
the values of thrift and self-reliance.
节俭和自力更生的价值观念。
■[count noun](US). another term for savings and loan
(美)。 同savings and loan - a European plant which forms low-growing tufts of slender leaves with rounded pink flower heads, growing chiefly on sea cliffs and mountains
海石竹。 亦称sea pink - Armeria maritima, family Plumbaginaceae
拉丁名Armeria maritima，白花丹科
- Middle English (in the sense 'prosperity, acquired wealth, success'): from Old Norse, from thrífa 'grasp, get hold of'. Compare with thrive
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