"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."
雙語例句
1. He is a tightwad because he doesn't like to spend money on anything.
噢,tightwad就是小氣,不肯花錢.
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2. Bill's too much of a tightwad to ever eat there.
比爾太吝嗇了,以至于(他)決不可能在那兒用餐.
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3. You can never make a tightwad spend his money freely.
你不可能動(dòng)到他的錢,因?yàn)樗苄?
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4. What is the difference between a tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?
吝嗇鬼的腦袋和揮霍者的腦袋有什么區(qū)別 呢 ?
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5. What is the difference between tightwad's brain and a spendthrift's brain?