cheapskate
英 [ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt]
美 [ˈtʃiːp.skeɪt]
- n. 小气鬼；吝啬鬼
中文词源
cheapskate 吝啬鬼
cheap, 廉价的。skate，可鄙的人，词源不详。
英语词源
- cheapskate (n.)
- also cheap skate, "miserly person," 1896, from cheap (adj.), second element perhaps from American English slang skate "worn-out horse" (1894), which is of uncertain origin.
权威例句
- 1. Tell your husband not to be a cheapskate.
- 劝劝你丈夫，叫他别那么小气。
- 2. That cheapskate took his date to a cafeteria.
- 那个小气鬼居然把女友带到自助餐馆约会.
- 3. It's boring to go out to dinner with a cheapskate.
- 和小气鬼一起出门吃饭真没意思.
- 4. B: I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
- 我并不感到惊讶.他是有名的“小气鬼”.
- 5. I'm not surprised. He's known as a cheapskate.
- 我并不感到惊讶.他是有名的[小气鬼].