ekesthout
—phrasal verbwithekeverbuk/iːk/us/iːk/
to use somethingslowlyorcarefullybecause you only have asmallamountof it
精打细算地维持；尽量节约使用
There wasn't muchfoodleft, but we justmanagedto eke it out.剩下的食物不多，但是我们省吃少餐设法挺了过来。
Hemanagedto eke outaliving(=earnjust enough toliveon)onesummerbysellingdrinkson abeach.他靠在海滩上卖饮料设法维持了一个夏天。