generic for "miser," 1940, from curmudgeonly character in Dickens' 1843 story "A Christmas Carol." It does not appear to be a genuine English surname, but it is an 18c. variant of scrounge.
权威例句
1. The old man is a scrooge.
那个老人是个守财奴.
2. Scrooge later became Tiny Tim's benefactor.
斯克路基后来成了蒂尼·蒂姆的保护人.
3. The third, and scariest, ghost takes Scrooge to the future.
第三个也是最吓人的鬼魂带着他去了未来.
4. Sim did a phenomenal job presenting the heartless, miserly, self - centered Scrooge.
他成功地演绎了这个无情 、 吝啬 、 自我 中心的主人翁.
5. The next morning Scrooge was early at the office.