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词汇 cheapskate
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cheapskate

noun
/ˈtʃiːpskeɪt/
/ˈtʃiːpskeɪt/
(informal, disapproving)
  1. a person who does not like to spend money小气鬼;守财奴
    • We really need a new heater, but the landlord’s such a cheapskate we’ll never get it.我们真的需要一个新的取暖器,但是房东太小气了,我们永远也不会得到它。
    词源late 19th cent. (originally US): from cheap + skate ‘a worn-out horse’ or ‘a mean, contemptible, or dishonest person’, of unknown origin.
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