Because thongs is very skimpy women's underwear.

因为“thongs”指的是比较暴露的女性内裤。

Wow! (Yeah) So we're talking, like the skimpy dressed that they have?

哇！（对）她们会暴露的衣服吗？

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

有些地方不喜欢暴露的衣服，尤其是女性。

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

有个形容词“skimpy”（轻薄的）形容个人的衣服不多。

All the women in skimpy bathing suits showing off their smooth legs.

所有紧身泳衣的女士都展示光滑的双腿。

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？

And the scuttlebutt is the food will be skimpy.

听人食物也会少得可怜。

Laughing about how they were skimpy but also frilly.

笑它们短小轻薄还带花边。

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如何产生的有点吝啬。

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

例如，“比基尼”可能会被描述为轻薄。

She has gained a lot of popularity on social media by sitting in a bath filled with water in skimpy clothes.

此前她因暴露的衣服，坐在满是水的浴缸里而在社交媒体上颇受欢迎。

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

如果个女人件“轻薄的衣服”（outfit），那么她就没有太多衣服。

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。

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。

The picture showed up around the world — in England, he was Mr. Chad, where he complained about skimpy rations.

这张照片出现在世界各地——在英国，他是查德先生， 他在那里抱怨口粮不足。

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。

There is never enough to go around in an asylum, so things are always skimpy—at least in a poor asylum like ours.

收容所里的东西永远不够用，所以东西总是少得可怜——至少像我们这样的破收容所是这样。

The administration has slashed marketing efforts and enrollment assistance and encouraged people to buy skimpier, less expensive plans that do not meet the standards of the law.

特朗普政府大幅削减了营销力度和登记援助，还鼓励人们购买不满足法律标准的更不全面、更便宜的保险。

Foreign firms typically have skimpier distribution networks than their local rivals, but their products are more popular where they are available. A foreign brand is often a status symbol.

外国企业的分销渠道确实不如印度本土企业的多，但他们的产品在出售地区却更加受欢迎。外国品牌通常是身份的标志。

There was laughter about the skimpy fare and the Tarleton girls giggled as they told of makeshifts for clothes, as if they were telling the most amusing of jokes.

谈以补衣服的窍门时，塔尔顿的姑娘们更是格格地笑个没完，仿佛在最有趣的笑话。媚兰中途中接上去，绘声绘色地谈塔拉农场经历的种种苦难，不过得轻松而有风趣。