stingy
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(jí):?stingier;最高級(jí):?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(yǔ)。
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(yǔ)例句
- 1. The West is stingy with aid.
- 西方在援助上有點(diǎn)吝嗇。
來(lái)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(lái)自《現(xiàn)代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 3. Don't be so stingy!
- 不要那么吝嗇!
來(lái)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(ài)德華在他吝嗇的妻子死后, 用錢大方多了.
來(lái)自《簡(jiǎn)明英漢詞典》
- 5. Winston was not a stingy man.
- 溫斯頓不是個(gè)小氣之人。
來(lái)自辭典例句