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单词 stingy
释义 stin·gy
I. \ˈstinjē, -ji\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: probably from (assumed) English dialect stinge, n., sting + English -y; akin to Old English stingan to sting — more at sting
1. dialect chiefly England : biting, sharp
2.
 a. : reluctant to deal out, grant, or part with something : not generous : sparing or scant in giving or spending
  < too stingy even to get a haircut before his wedding >
 b. : meanly scanty or small : meager
  < complained about his stingy allowance >
  < a stingy little attic room >
Synonyms:
 parsimonious, penurious, cheeseparing, penny-pinching, miserly, curmudgeonly, niggardly, tight, tightfisted, closefisted, close: stingy, perhaps the most generally used term in this group, refers to notable want of generosity or liberality in giving, allotting, distributing, a want arising from a certain meanness of spirit
  < couldn't help being stingy, since parsimony ran in their blood — Victoria Sackville-West >
  < had to request the thirteen states for tax levies, and since the states were jealous, stingy, and badly governed, they gave but grudging and inadequate help — Allan Nevins & H.S.Commager >
  parsimonious, penurious, cheeseparing, and penny-pinching refer to degrees and kinds of frugality. parsimonious suggests extreme frugality with stingy wariness about expenditure
  < a lonely bachelor life in caring for his property and in adding to it by parsimonious living — A.W.Long >
  < had now become strictly parsimonious … and … devoted every energy of his mind to save shillings and pence — Anthony Trollope >
  penurious adds a suggestion of meanness to parsimonious
  < penurious restrictions upon the payment of legislators designed to discourage them — A.N.Holcombe >
  cheeseparing suggests a parsimoniousness marked by petty mean little economies
  < an example of cheeseparing economy at the dire risk of the national security — Walter Millis >
  penny-pinching suggests greedy, wary parsimoniousness in avoiding expense
  < a penny-pinching impresario who overlooked no opportunity to cut down the overhead — Bennett Cerf >
  miserly, curmudgeonly, and niggardly are derogatory or contemptuous terms for extreme illiberality and aversion to spending or dispensing. miserly suggests a morbid pleasure in hoarding, a sordid grasping meanness
  < expenditure was parsimonious and even miserly — J.R.Green >
  curmudgeonly suggests mean stinginess and crusty irascibility
  < the curmudgeonly old fool cutting off his wife with a bare pittance >
  niggardly implies a stinginess in giving, granting, expending whereby one begrudges any contribution to the welfare or happiness of others
  < we shall not be niggardly about this — Hugh Dalton >
  < niggardly monastic prescriptions with regard to gleaning — G.G.Coulton >
  tight, tightfisted, closefisted, and close are somewhat informal expressions indicating reluctance and chariness about expending or contributing. tight suggests a general chary stinginess of nature or temperament
  < what in the name of God's the use of being so tight … you've got an expense account, haven't you — Dashiell Hammett >
  tightfisted and closefisted signify an accustomed reluctance to part with money and a careful vigilance against prodigality
  < you English are a tightfisted race — T.B.Costain >
  close, not so derogatory as the others, indicates either a certain stinginess or a marked caution about any expenditure
  < he wasn't as tight as you … but he was a little bit close so the bargain hung fire — Dashiell Hammett >
II. \ˈstiŋē, -ŋi\ adjective
(-er/-est)
Etymology: sting (II) + -y
: able to sting : having a sting or stinging hairs
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