scrooge

B2 FREQ #10133

vt. 推；挤

发音

其它 /skɹuːd͡ʒ/

词形变化

scrooges 复数 scrooges scrooges 三单 scrooging 现在分词 scrooged 过去式 scrooged 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2
  1. 1.

    A miserly person; a person with an excessive dislike of spending money or other resources.

  2. 2.

    A person who is grumpy about the Christmas holidays.

v.
  1. 1.

    To behave in a greedy or miserly way.

  2. 1.

    To crush or press; to squeeze (past, into, together, etc.).

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词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

churl niggard skinflint

上位词 1

hoarder

下位词 1

pinch-gut

相关短语

Scrooge McDuck Scrooge McDucking Scrooge McDucked Scrooge McDucks Uncle Scrooge Ebenezer Scrooge

词源

From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in the Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol.

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