penurious

a. 赤贫的, 缺乏的, 吝啬的

发音

/pəˈnjʊə.ɹi.əs/
/pəˈnjɔː.ɹi.əs/
US /pəˈnjʊɹ.i.əs/
US /pəˈnjɝ.i.əs/
US /pəˈnjɔɹ.i.əs/

词形变化

more penurious 比较级 most penurious 最高级

释义与例句

adj.
  1. 1.

    Miserly; excessively cheap.

    The old man died a penurious wretch; eighty-thousand dollars in the mattress and as many holes in the roof.

  2. 2.

    Not bountiful; thin; scant.

    The penurious stew would have been more accurately labelled broth.

  3. 3.

    Impoverished; wanting for money.

    The poor penurious horde, naught in the cooking pot and naught in the belly.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 5

pinched penniless hard up impecunious parsimonious

近义相关 3

poor stingy ungenerous

词源

From Medieval Latin pēnūriōsus. See penury from Latin penuria (“want”), related to paene (“scarcely”), c. 1400. Compare French pénurie.

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