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measly

meas·ly

measly · measlier · measliest

Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinaeParticularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).

UK/ˈmiːzli/US/ˈmizli/

» I was only paid a measly two dollars.

Значение

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Particularly of pigs or pork: infected with larval tapeworms or trichinae (parasitic roundworms).
Of a person: infected with measles.
(переносно, разговорное)Small (especially contemptibly small) in amount.
For one whole day's work all I was given was twenty measly pounds.
mickrig
жа́лкийžálkij, ничто́жныйničtóžnyj, мизерныйmizernyj
contemptibly small in amount

Примеры

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I was only paid a measly two dollars.
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"What a measly offering!"
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Переводы

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Русский

small in amount:

Deutsch

small in amount:

Происхождение

From measle (“singular of measles”) + -y; the word measle is either from Middle Dutch mase

From measle (“singular of measles”) + -y; the word measle is either from Middle Dutch masel (“a blister filled with blood; a pustule, a skin blemish”), or Middle Low German masel (“a red skin blemish”), from Proto-Germanic *masuraz (“a knot or scar in wood; a knarl”), from *mas-, *mēs- (“a spot; a sore; a scar”), from Proto-Indo-European *mos- (“a skin sore”).

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