penny-pinch

短语

vt. 对...吝啬

词形变化

penny-pinched penny-pinches 三单 penny-pinches penny-pinching 现在分词 penny-pinched 过去式 penny-pinched 过去分词

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To be very parsimonious or stingy.

词汇关系

动词

同义词 1

nickel and dime

上位词 3

drop spend expend

词源

Back-formation from penny-pinching.

来源：wiktionary