el cheapo

短语

a. <俚>蹩脚的, 质量差的

发音

AU

词形变化

el cheapos 复数 el cheapos

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy.

    俚语

    Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there.

  2. 2.

    A person who is stingy; a miser.

    俚语

    He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days.

  3. 3.

    On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game.

    俚语
adj.
  1. 1.

    Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality.

    俚语

    I only had five bucks, so I bought the el cheapo headphones.

词源

From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).

来源：wiktionary