stingy

B2 FREQ #13637

a. 小气的, 吝啬的, 缺乏的, 有刺的

发音

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/ˈstɪnd͡ʒi/
/ˈstɪŋi/

词形变化

stingier 比较级 stingiest 最高级

释义与例句

adj. B2
  1. 1.

    Unwilling to spend, give, or share; ungenerous; mean.

    小气

    吝啬

    抠门

    抠

    孤寒

  2. 2.

    Small, scant, meager, insufficient.

  3. 1.

    Stinging; able or inclined to sting.

    非正式

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 4

meager meagre scrimpy ungenerous

反义词 1

generous

近义相关 10

mean close near tight spare cheap miserable skinny bare measly

参见 10

selfish minimum scarce minimal insufficient self-centered self-serving deficient mean-spirited self-centred

相关短语

stingy nettle stingy nettles stingy gut stinging nettle 大荨麻, 小荨麻

词源

Uncertain, possibly from stinge, a dialectal variation of sting (verb).

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