penny-pinching
n. 小气；吝啬
adj. 小气的；吝啬的
近义词：thrift，abstinence，frugal，thrifty，tightfisted，stingy，parsimonious，skinny，cheeseparing，parsimony，near，parsimoniousness，close，
英英释义
Noun
- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
Adjective
- giving or spending with reluctance;
"our cheeseparing administration" "very close (or near) with his money" "a penny-pinching miserly old man"
例句
用作名词(n.)
- Some of my relatives were penny pinchers.我的一些亲戚真是小气。
- Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。
- Tom had a reputation as a miser who hoarded every penny he could get his hands on.汤姆以吝啬出名，他把每一分能够到手的钱都囤积起来。
用作形容词(adj.)
- Eleanor has been always a penny pincher ever since she was young.埃莉诺从年轻时候起就一直是个非常吝啬的人。