stingy
美音:
[´stındʒı
]英音:
[´stındʒı
]adj.吝啬的,小气的,缺乏的,有刺的
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stingy为短语/超纲词汇
词形变化:
名词:stinginess 副词:stingily 形容词比较级:stingier 最高级:stingiest
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stinct,sting=to prick(刺)
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stingy
/'stɪndʒɪ; `stɪndʒɪ/
adj (infml 口) spending, using or giving unwillingly; mean 吝啬的; 吝惜的; 小气的
*Don't be so stingy with the sugar! 别那么吝惜糖!
* He's very stingy about lending money. 他非常吝啬, 不愿借钱给别人.
* a stingy portion of food 量很少的一份食物.
stingy
adj[
Date: 1600-1700;
Origin: Probably from an unrecorded
English dialect stinge
'sting' (noun)]
informal not generous, especially with money
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mean She's too stingy to give money to charity.a stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small
a stingy portion of vegetables>stingilyadv>stinginessn[U]
1. No, she is stingy, narrow- minded and bossy. 不,她小气,心胸狭窄, 又拔扈.
2. No, she is stingy, narrow- minded and bossy. 不,她小气,心胸狭窄, 又拔扈.
3. You malign a generous person when you call him a stingy person. 当你说一个慷慨的人吝啬时,你是在诋毁他。
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