miserly
adjective
disapprovinguk/ˈmaɪ.zəl.i/us/ˈmaɪ.zɚ.li/miserlyadjective(PERSON)
like ortypicalof amiser:
守财奴似的；吝啬鬼似的；吝啬的，小气的a miserlyperson吝啬的人
Mean with money
- begrudge
- cheapskate
- cheeseparing
- chintzy
- frugal
- frugally
- mingy
- miser
- miserliness
- money grabber
- money-grubber
- parsimony
- penny-pinching
- scrooge
- skinflint
- stinginess
- tight
- tightwad
- ungenerous
- ungenerously
miserlyadjective(AMOUNT)
A miserlyamountisextremelysmall:
极少的，极小的Theworkersarepaida miserly $2 aday.工人们每天才挣极少的2美元。
Small amounts of money
- a drop in the oceanidiom
- bagatelle
- bobbin
- chickenfeed
- drop
- microcredit
- mountain biking
- not a red centidiom
- paltry
- peanut
- pennyworth
- pittance
- pocket money
- princely
- red
- shrapnel
- sou
- trifling