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吝啬鬼吝啬的,小气的
资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Niggard \Nig"gard\, n. [Icel. hn["o]ggr niggardly, stingy +
-ard; cf. Sw. njugg, AS. hne['a]w.]
A person meanly close and covetous; one who spends
grudgingly; a stingy, parsimonous fellow; a miser. --Chaucer.
A penurious niggard of his wealth. --Milton.
Be niggards of advice on no pretense. --Pope.
Niggard \Nig"gard\, a.
Like a niggard; meanly covetous or parsimonious; niggardly;
miserly; stingy.
Niggard \Nig"gard\, v. t. & i.
To act the niggard toward; to be niggardly. [R.] --Shak.
资料来源 : WordNet®
niggard
n : a selfish person who is unwilling to give or spend [syn: {skinflint},
{scrooge}, {churl}]