skinflint

n. 吝啬鬼

发音

其它 /ˈskɪnflɪnt/

词形变化

skinflints 复数 skinflints

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    One who is excessively stingy or cautious with money; a tightwad; a miser.

    You know, he is quite a different sort from the Public Prosecutor and our other provincial skinflints--fellows who shiver in their shoes before they will spend a single kopeck.

词汇关系

名词

同义词 3

scrooge churl niggard

上位词 1

hoarder

下位词 1

pinch-gut

词源

From the phrase skin a flint (“go to extreme lengths for the sake of gain or economy”), from the brittleness and hardness of flint which makes it almost impossible to remove just its skin without shattering it.

来源：wiktionary