penny-pinching

美英

n. 小气；吝啬

adj. 小气的；吝啬的

近义词：thrift，abstinence，frugal，thrifty，tightfisted，stingy，parsimonious，skinny，cheeseparing，parsimony，near，parsimoniousness，close，

Noun

Adjective

giving or spending with reluctance;
"our cheeseparing administration" "very close (or near) with his money" "a penny-pinching miserly old man"

用作名词(n.)

Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.我的一些亲戚真是小气。
Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。
Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on.汤姆以吝啬出名，他把每一分能够到手的钱都囤积起来。

用作形容词(adj.)

Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。

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