miser

英 [ˈmaɪzə(r)]

美 [ˈmaɪzər]

n.  吝啬鬼; 守财奴

复数：misers　

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BNC.25280 / COCA.27117

牛津词典

noun

• 吝啬鬼；守财奴
  a person who loves money and hates spending it

柯林斯词典

• N-COUNT 吝啬鬼;守财奴
  If you say that someone is amiser, you disapprove of them because they seem to hate spending money, and to spend as little as possible.
  1. I'm married to a miser.
     我嫁给了一个守财奴。

英英释义

noun

• a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)

双语例句

• A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
  “慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法。
• He is really a miser.
  他可真抠。
• He was a miser-and how!
  他是吝啬鬼&可不是吗！
• What a miser! Can't the buy new clothes?
  小气鬼！他不能买件新衣服吗？
• The miser and his servant.
  吝啬鬼和他的仆人。
• The demon of greed ruined the miser's happiness.
  贪得无厌的恶习毁掉了那个守财奴的幸福。
• Be thrifty be not the same as are a miser.
  节俭和吝啬是不同的。
• They say [ It is said that] he's a miser.
  据说他是一个小气鬼。
• Soon Mary discovered she had married a miser.
  不久，玛丽发现她嫁给了一个守财奴。
• He is such a miser.
  他这人也太小儿科了。