stingy

英 ['stɪndʒi] 美 ['stɪndʒi]

• adj. 吝啬的；小气的

详尽释义

adj. 形容词

1. 吝啬的
2. 有刺的
3. 刺人的
4. 不足的
5. 缺乏的
6. 极少的
7. 尖锐的
8. 刺骨的
9. 微小的
10. 苛刻的
11. 微不足道的

英英释义

Adjective:

1. unwilling to spend;

   "she practices economy without being stingy"
   "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds"
   

2. deficient in amount or quality or extent;

   "meager resources"
   "meager fare"
   

例句

用作形容词 (adj.)

1. After the death of his stingy wife,Edward loosened up a great deal.
   爱德华在吝啬的妻子死后，用钱广大方得多了。
2. There was once a very poor person who was also very stingy.
   有一个很穷又很吝啬的人向上帝祷告。
3. Since when have you been so stingy?
   你是什么时候变得这样小气的？
4. Although I don't like wasting money,I either cannot accept the strict budgeting and stingy man.
   虽然我不爱乱花钱，但也接受不了精打细算，小气的男人。

经典引文

• I know your meaning..and your stingy..Innuendo.

  出自： E. Hickeringill

• Those are very stingy nettles.

  出自：Oxford English Dictionary

• He was never stingy of cash.

  出自： J. A. Symonds

• The..Administration is stingy about the..information it releases.

  出自：National Observer (US)

• He was a penniless student forced by his stingy brother to seek employment.

  出自： B. Bainbridge

• His father had been very stingy with the divorce settlement.

  出自： R. Jaffe

近反义词

【近义词】

• ungenerous 心胸狭窄的
• miserly 吝啬的
• cheap 便宜的
• closefisted 吝啬的
• parsimonious 极度节省的
• sparing 节约的
• grudging 吝惜的
• tightfisted 吝啬的
• mean 意思是
• penny-pinching 小气
• meagre 瘦的
• meagerly 瘦地
• scrimpy 不足的
• meager 贫乏的

【反义词】

• generous 慷慨的