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niggard

音標['nig?d] 讀音

漢語翻譯


n. 吝嗇
a. 吝嗇的, 小氣

英文解釋:

名詞 niggard:

  1. a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend
    同義詞:skinflint, scrooge, churl

例句:

  1. Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.
    別指望那個吝嗇鬼會請你吃飯。
  2. The niggard contributed little to them.
    這個吝嗇鬼幾乎就沒捐錢給他們。

詳細解釋:


nig.gard

n.(名詞)
A stingy, grasping person; a miser.
吝嗇的人;小氣鬼
adj.(形容詞
Stingy; miserly.
吝嗇的;小氣的

來源:
Middle English nigard
中古英文 nigard
perhaps from nig [stingy person]
可能源自 nig [吝嗇鬼]
[of Scandinavian origin]
[源於斯堪的納維亞語]

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