stint /stɪnt/ TEM8

• 1. 

  N-COUNT A stint is a period of time which you spend doing a particular job or activity or working in a particular place. 一段时间

  例：

  He is returning to this country after a five-year stint in Hong Kong.

  他在香港呆了5年后就要返回这个国家了。

• 2. 

  N any of various small sandpipers of the chiefly northern genus Calidris (or Erolia), such as C. minuta (little stint) 滨鹬属鸟

• 3. 

  V to be frugal or miserly towards (someone) with (something) 吝惜