tightwad

• n. 吝啬鬼；守财奴

tight,拉紧的，手握紧的，wad,沓，俚语义钱。

tightwad (n.)

"parsimonious person," 1900, from tight in the figurative sense of "close-fisted" (1805) + wad (n.). The notions of stringency and avarice also combine in Modern Greek sphiktos "greedy," literally "tight."

1. He is a tightwad because he doesn't like to spend money on anything.

噢,tightwad就是小气,不肯花钱.

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2. Bill's too much of a tightwad to ever eat there.

比尔太吝啬了,以至于(他)决不可能在那儿用餐.

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3. You can never make a tightwad spend his money freely.

你不可能动到他的钱,因为他很小气.

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4. What is the difference between a tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?

吝啬鬼的脑袋和挥霍者的脑袋有什么区别 呢 ?

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5. What is the difference between tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?

吝啬鬼的大脑和挥霍者的大脑有什么差异?

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