Because thongs is very skimpy women's underwear.

因为“thongs”指的是比较暴露的女性内裤。

And like some places really don't like skimpy clothes especially for women.

有些地方不喜欢穿暴露的衣服，尤其是女性。

Why had she not prevailed over her mother's fear of being " skimpy" ?

为什么她没有克服她母亲对“吝啬” 的恐惧呢？

There's an adjective " skimpy" (skimpy) which describes someone who isn't wearing very much clothing.

有一个形词“skimpy”（薄的）形一个人穿的衣服不多。

His $5 McDonald's meal deal was not as skimpy as he expected.

他5美元的麦当劳餐点并不像他预期的那样简陋。

But Mr Susskind's book is a bit skimpy on how they might come about.

但是苏斯金德先生的书对于它们是何产生的有点吝啬。

You had better find the skimpiest bikini there is.

你最好找到最紧身的比基尼。

And the scuttlebutt is the food will be skimpy.

听人说食物也会少得可怜。

Laughing about how they were skimpy but also frilly.

笑它们短小薄边。

I enrolled in school again, stitched my skimpy clothes, and stopped attending late-night parties.

我再次报考学校，缝制了我的薄衣服，不再参加深夜派对。

If a woman is wearing a " skimpy outfit" (outfit), she's not wearing very much clothing.

果一个女人穿着一件“薄的衣服”（outfit），那么她就没有穿太多衣服。

A " bikini, " for example, might be described as being skimpy.

例，“比基尼”可能会被描述为薄。

She was wearing a skimpy dress and all of the men were leering at her all night.

兰斯：她穿着一件薄的裙子，所有的男人整晚都在向她投来媚眼。

But the 7% rise would have been bigger than in any other state, mostly because Mississippi's current Medicaid programme is so skimpy.

而密西西比州这7%的增加幅度则要远大于其它州，主要是因为该州当前的医补基数太小了。

Her meals were skimpy—just bread with maybe a cup of hot chocolate, an egg, or fruit.

她的饭菜很薄——只有面包，也许有一杯热巧克力、一个鸡蛋或水果。

Hence the argument to be employed should be much skimpier, much more elliptical, much more condensed.

因此，所采用的论点应该更加简洁、更加简洁、更加简洁。

His " board" consisted of meals so skimpy that he stole potatoes and onions from the cellar.

他的“食宿” 只有很少的饭菜， 以至于他从地窖里偷了土豆和洋葱。

Lance says that Kim was wearing a skimpy dress and all of the men were leering at her.

兰斯说，金姆穿着一件薄的裙子，所有的男人都对她投以媚眼。

Moderate job growth, skimpy pay rises and higher petrol prices held growth in income after taxes and inflation to just 0.9% last year.

稳健的就业增长，微薄的工资增加和更高的汽油价格在税后的收入和通货膨胀的影响下仅是去年的九成。

For example, you could say that a dress was skimpy or that an outfit (a set of clothing) was skimpy.

例，您可以说一件衣服很薄， 或者一件衣服（一套衣服）很薄。