词汇 | scrooge |
释义 | scrooge Theme: STINGY n. a stingy person; a pennypincher. (From the character in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol.)Ask scrooge over there if you can borrow a quarter to call the cops.Don't be such a scrooge! All I want is a buck! scroogeA miserly, miserable, and utterly uncharitable person. From the character Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, who exhibited such traits. The boss always turns into such a scrooge when we ask him for additional funding. I've never seen such a scrooge in all my life. She wouldn't even lend me enough change to call a cab home from the payphone. scrooge(skrudʒ) n. a stingy person; a penny-pincher. (From the character in Dickens’s A Christmas Carol.) Ask scrooge over there if you can borrow a quarter to call the cops. |
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