rugal
adj
(a) careful and thrifty, esp with money and food 节约的, 节俭的, 节省的(尤指对金钱和食物)
a frugal housekeeper 节俭的管家.
(b) of life in which such care is shown 生活俭朴的
They lived a very frugal existence, avoiding all luxuries. 他们生活非常俭朴, 力避奢华.
(c) costing little; small in quantity 花费少的; 省钱的; 小量的
a frugal meal of bread andcheese 只有面包和奶酪的便餐.
I offer ten times the money that Antonio has borrowed.
我愿出十倍于安东尼奥的借款。
It took him some time to connect the long rubber pipe to the air supply pipe that ran round the port, but at last it was done and as a result work was able to progress much faster.