| 单词 | niggard |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['nigəd] |
| 解释 | n. 吝啬鬼 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 n. 吝啬鬼(an extremely stingy person) 【记】 nig(小，小气)+gard →小气之人; 【同】 参考：sluggard(懒鬼 ) |
| 字源 | niggard (n.) "mean person, miser," late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (see -ard), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig "stingy" (c.1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse hnøggr "stingy," from Proto-Germanic *khnauwjaz (source of Swedish njugg "close, careful," German genau "precise, exact"), and to Old English hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in Middle English. |
| 不择手段背单词 | n. 吝啬鬼 = miser 【记】nig小, gard一小气的人; 参: sluggard(n 懒鬼) 【参】niggling(n 过于琐碎的工作) |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】nigger与negro是对黑人的蔑称；可能历史上高傲的白人认为黑人很穷，吝啬吧(仅是助记，不是事实) |
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