| 词汇 | pinchpenny |
| 释义 | pinchpenny adjective[ before noun ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈpɪntʃˌpen.i/ us /ˈpɪntʃˌpen.i/ showing an unwillingness to spend money: After a year of marriage, I was growing tired of my husband's pinchpenny ways. The film was shot on a pinchpenny budget of less than a million dollars. The excellent acting performances just about make up for the film's pinchpenny production values. She was a pinchpenny homemaker who hated to pay full price for anything. Mean with money begrudge cheapskate cheeseparing chintzy frugal frugally miser miserliness miserly money grabber money-grubber money-grubbing penuriously scrooge skinflint stingily stinginess tight ungenerous ungenerously pinchpenny noun[ C ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈpɪntʃˌpen.i/ us /ˈpɪntʃˌpen.i/ a person who is unwilling to spend money: 吝啬鬼，一毛不拔的人，铁公鸡 Tell that pinchpenny that if he had bought the proper tools, he wouldn't be in such trouble now. A couple of pinchpennies could dine here for £50, but it's easy to spend much more. It's good to be sensible with money, but she's one of the worst pinchpennies I've ever met. Mean with money begrudge cheapskate cheeseparing chintzy frugal frugally miser miserliness miserly money grabber money-grubber money-grubbing penuriously scrooge skinflint stingily stinginess tight ungenerous ungenerously |
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