| 单词 | stingy |
|---|---|
| 音标 | ['stindʒi] |
| 解释 | a.吝啬的，小气的 |
| 红宝书 | 【英】 adj. 吝啬的，小气的(not generous or liberal) 【考】 miser : stingy / loner : solitary(吝啬鬼吝啬/孤独者 孤独) 【记】 sting(刺)＋y; 【同】 参考：stint(节省， 吝惜) 【例】 be stingy with one's money(吝惜钱财) |
| 字源 | 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. |
| 不择手段背单词 | adj. 吝啬的, 小气的 【类】miser: stingy = loner: solitary吝啬鬼是吝啬的 = 孤独者是孤独的 |
| 趣味全助记 | 【记】sting 刺，吝啬的人给别人东西就像针一样小气；音：死叮鸡，总是叮东西的吃的鸡，见到什么都叮，是个铁公鸡 |
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