tightwad，英文單詞，主要作為名詞，譯為“吝嗇鬼；守財奴”。
基本介紹
- 外文名：tightwad
- 詞性：名詞
- 英式讀音：[ˈtaɪtwɒd]
- 美式讀音：[ˈtaɪtwɑːd]
單詞用法,雙語例句,
單詞用法
英英釋義
tightwad [ 'taitwɔd ]
n. a miserly person
同義詞： cheapskate
雙語例句
But growth never came. Tightwad, population 63, has eight more residents now than when the bank opened.
吝嗇鬼鎮目前的居民為63人，與該銀行剛開業時相比僅僅增加了8個人。
"The nightmares for a tightwad are sushi by the piece or a taxi where you have to watch the meter running," Loewenstein says.
Loewenstein說：“對於一個吝嗇鬼而言，噩夢可能就是看到壽司漲價或者打車的時候看到計價器在飛漲”。
Remember the tightwad tourist whose baggy shorts, frequent complaining and shouted questions about why none of the locals spoke any English made the ugly American the world's Visitor from Hell?
還記得那些穿著寬短褲的吝嗇鬼，經常抱怨和叫嚷著為什麼沒有可以講英語的當地人而得名“來自地獄”的醜陋的美國人嗎？
