解释
- n. 吝啬鬼；守财奴
※ 提供单词"tightwad"的中文意思、发音示范及音标对照，中英文词源、例句和用法等。
中文词源
tightwad 吝啬鬼
tight,拉紧的，手握紧的，wad,沓，俚语义钱。
英文词源
- tightwad (n.)
- "parsimonious person," 1900, from tight in the figurative sense of "close-fisted" (1805) + wad (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Modern Greek sphiktos "greedy," literally "tight."
例句和用法
- 1. He is a tightwad because he doesn't like to spend money on anything.
- 噢,tightwad就是小气,不肯花钱.
- 2. Bill's too much of a tightwad to ever eat there.
- 比尔太吝啬了,以至于(他)决不可能在那儿用餐.
- 3. You can never make a tightwad spend his money freely.
- 你不可能动到他的钱,因为他很小气.
- 4. What is the difference between a tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
- 吝啬鬼的脑袋和挥霍者的脑袋有什么区别 呢 ?
- 5. What is the difference between tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
- 吝啬鬼的大脑和挥霍者的大脑有什么差异?
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