tightwad

tightwad

英 ['taɪtwɒd]
　　美 ['taɪtwɑd]

n. 吝嗇鬼；守財奴

中文詞源：

tightwad 吝嗇鬼

tight,拉緊的，手握緊的，wad,沓，俚語義錢。

例句：

1. He is a tightwad because he doesn't like to spend money on anything.
噢,tightwad就是小氣,不肯花錢.

2. Bill's too much of a tightwad to ever eat there.
比爾太吝嗇瞭,以至於(他)決不可能在那兒用餐.

3. You can never make a tightwad spend his money freely.
你不可能動到他的錢,因為他很小氣.

4. What is the difference between a tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
吝嗇鬼的腦袋和揮霍者的腦袋有什麼區別 呢 ?

5. What is the difference between tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
吝嗇鬼的大腦和揮霍者的大腦有什麼差異?