cheapskate是什么意思？

cheapskate

英[ˈtʃi:pskeɪt] 美[ˈtʃipˌsket]

• n. <美俚>守财奴，吝啬鬼；

复数：cheapskates;

例句

• 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”.
• 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.
• 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.
• ...cheapskate employers. 吝啬的雇主
• Tell your husband not to be a cheapskate. 劝劝你丈夫，叫他别那么小气。

柯林斯高阶英汉双解学习词典释义

• N-COUNT
  小气鬼;吝啬鬼
  If you say that someone is a cheapskate, you think that they are mean and do not like spending money.
  例句
  Tell your husband not to be a cheapskate. 劝劝你丈夫，叫他别那么小气。 ...cheapskate employers. 吝啬的雇主

英英词典释义

• Noun
  1. a miserly person