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。

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

有一个形容词“skimpy”（轻薄的）形容一个人穿的衣服不多。

You had better find the skimpiest bikini there is.

你最好找到最紧身的比基尼。

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？

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。

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。

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和洋葱。

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

我再次报考学校，缝制我的轻薄衣服，不再参加深夜派对。

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

如果一个女人穿着一件“轻薄的衣服”（outfit），那么她就没有穿太多衣服。

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

兰斯：她穿着一件轻薄的裙子，所有的男人整晚在向她投来媚眼。

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。

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

她的饭菜很轻薄——只有面包，也许还有一杯热巧克力、一个鸡蛋或水果。

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

例如，您可以说一件衣服很轻薄， 或者一件衣服（一套衣服）很轻薄。

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。

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

兰斯说，金姆穿着一件轻薄的裙子，所有的男人对她投以媚眼。

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。