stingy
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英 ['st?n(d)??]
美['st?nd?i]
- adj. 吝嗇的，小氣的；有刺的；缺乏的
GRE暢通詞匯
詞態(tài)變化
比較級:?stingier;最高級:?stingiest;名詞:?stinginess;
中文詞源
stingy 小氣的，吝嗇的
sting,刺，叮，蜇，-y,形容詞后綴。俚語。
英文詞源
- stingy (adj.)
- "niggardly, penurious, extremely tight-fisted," 1650s, of uncertain origin, perhaps a dialectal alteration of earlier stingy "biting, sharp, stinging" (1610s), from sting (v.). Back-formation stinge "a stingy person" is recorded from 1905. Related: Stingily; stinginess.
雙語例句
- 1. The West is stingy with aid.
- 西方在援助上有點吝嗇。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Don't be so stingy with the money!
- 用錢不要那樣小手小腳!
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Don't be so stingy!
- 不要那么吝嗇!
來自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 4. After the death of his stingy wife, Edward loosened up a great deal.
- 愛德華在他吝嗇的妻子死后, 用錢大方多了.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. Winston was not a stingy man.
- 溫斯頓不是個小氣之人。
來自辭典例句