stint

/stɪnt/ (bre, ipa) · /stɪnt/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstint/ (ame, mw)

stint — noun

  • stintsingular
  • stintsplural

1. a limited stretch when someone works in one role or joins one activity

1.名詞C1
釋義

a limited stretch when someone works in one role or joins one activity

例句

After a six-month stint in Seoul, Manuela moved back to Lima.

pattern: a stint in [place]

Kian did a summer stint at the bakery before starting college.

collocation: do a stint

同義詞
  • spell

    also means a period of time, but it is more common in British English and often feels slightly more informal

  • stretch

    often suggests a continuous period, especially one that feels long or demanding

  • tour

    is used for official or military service periods more often than stint

用法筆記

Common with prepositions like 'in', 'at', 'as', and 'on' to show where the period happened or what role someone had. It focuses on a limited stretch of time, not on the amount of work itself.

常見錯誤

❌My stint at the bank was eight o'clock.
✅My shift at the bank started at eight o'clock.
💡a stint is a period you spend in a role or activity, not the starting time of one workday.

2. the part of a shared job or duty that one person is expected to handle

2.名詞C2
釋義

the part of a shared job or duty that one person is expected to handle

例句

At the camp, each child had a dishwashing stint after dinner.

assigned task in a shared routine

Gita swapped her floor-cleaning stint with a classmate on Friday.

collocation: swap a stint

同義詞
  • duty

    is broader and can refer to an obligation, not just one portion of shared work

  • assignment

    often sounds more formal and can refer to a larger piece of work

  • turn

    highlights that people take the job one after another

用法筆記

This sense is about a person's allotted part of a larger task, often in chores, camp duties, or shared work. Distinguish it from sense 1, which focuses on the time spent in a role or activity.

常見錯誤

❌My stint was eight hours long at the factory.
✅My shift was eight hours long at the factory.
💡this sense of stint means your share of a task, not your regular work period.

stint — verb