scrooge
noun[C]
uk/skruːdʒ/us/skruːdʒ/disapproving
someone whospendsas littlemoneyaspossibleand is notgenerous:
吝啬鬼,守财奴He's ameanoldscrooge!他是个老吝啬鬼!
Scrooge is acharacterwhohatesspendingmoneybutlearnshow to begenerous, in thebook"AChristmasCarol" by Charles Dickens.
吝啬鬼,守财奴(Scrooge是查尔斯·狄更斯《圣诞颂歌》一书中的角色)Mean with money
- begrudge
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- chintzy
- frugal
- frugally
- mingy
- miser
- miserliness
- miserly
- money grabber
- money-grubber
- parsimony
- penny-pinching
- skinflint
- stinginess
- stingy
- tight
- ungenerous
- ungenerously
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