Niggard

['nɪgəd] or ['nɪgɚd]

解釋/意思:

(noun.) a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend.

埃尔顿校對--From WordNet

解釋/意思:

(n.) A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser.

(a.) Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly; miserly; stingy.

(v. t. & i.) To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly.

編輯:弗吉尼亚

同義詞及近義詞：

n. Miser, curmudgeon, churl, hunks, lickpenny, skinflint, scrimp, screw, mean fellow, sordid wretch.

a. Parsimonious, NIGGARDLY.

編輯:利瓦伊

同義詞及反義詞：

[See MISER]

手打:列侬

解釋/意思:

n. a person who is unwilling to spend or give away: a miser.—adjs. Nigg′ard Nigg′ardly having the qualities of a niggard: miserly; Nigg′ardish rather niggardly.—n. Nigg′ardliness meanness in giving or spending—(Spens.) Nigg′ardise.—adv. Nigg′ardly.

錄入:玛丽