| 词汇 | cheapskate |
| 释义 | cheapskate noun[ C ] informaldisapprovinguk /ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt/ us /ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt/ a person who is unwilling to spend money: 吝啬鬼，一毛不拔的人，铁公鸡 My dad's such a cheapskate that he cuts his hair himself.我爸爸真是个吝啬鬼，连他的头发都自己剪。 Synonym tightwadUSslangdisapproving Mean with money begrudge cheeseparing chintzy frugal frugally meanly miserliness miserly money grabber money-grubber money-grubbing parsimonious pinchpenny scrooge skinflint stingily stinginess tight ungenerous ungenerously cheapskate | American Dictionarycheapskate noun[ C ] us/ˈtʃipˌskeɪt/ someone unwilling to give or spend any money: That cheapskate won’t even pay for a postage stamp. Examples of cheapskatecheapskate That approach is light years away from the cheapskate. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If not, will it not be rather cheapskate? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 In many cases such advice is sound, but in many other instances the advice is given by cheapskates and crooks or people who are running close to the wind. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They are just a bunch of cheapskates. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He was once included in a list of cheapskate billionaires. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. She however wants nothing further to do with her boring cheapskate of a husband. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. The priest, being a cheapskate, agrees. From Wikipedia This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license. These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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