penny-pincher
基本解释
- n.十分吝嗇的人；一分錢也不捨得花的人
英汉例句
- Like so many other men of means, John was a penny pincher.
約翰和其他許多小氣鬼一樣是個吝嗇的家夥。 - Why is George called a penny pincher?
爲什麽喬治被叫作"吝嗇鬼"啊? - He's always like that. Bert's a real penny pincher.
他一曏都是那個樣子。伯特是個名符其實的小氣鬼。 - Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.
埃莉諾從年輕時候起就一直是個非常吝嗇的人。 - Like so many other men of means,John was a penny pincher.
約翰和其他許多小氣鬼一樣是個吝嗇的家夥。