参考词典中penny-pinching的常规释义:
基本释义
- n. 小气
adj.
小气的
词形变化
- 名 词:pen'ny-pinch'ing
英英解释
1个名词解释
- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily
[同] parsimoniousness, parsimony, penny-pinching, thrift
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- giving or spending with reluctance
[同] near, penny-pinching, skinny, cheeseparing, close
[例]- our cheeseparing administration
- very close (or near) with his money
- a penny-pinching miserly old man
点击查看……- extreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily