单词	miser
释义	misermi‧ser /ˈmaɪzə $ -ər/ noun [countable] Word Origin WORD ORIGINmiser Origin: 1500-1600 Latin ‘miserable’ Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Everyone said Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden under his bed. My uncle was a terrible miser - he would walk in lashing rain rather than pay a bus fare. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A typical miser, he hid his money in the house in various places. He drools over them, like that miser. Henry was not the miser which later historians have labelled him. Sir Ralph, he thought, was probably a miser. So why should a man more used to glamorous roles want to play a mean old miser? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorsomeone who is not generous► miser someone who hates spending money, and tries to spend as little as possible, especially someone who stores their money in a secret place: · Everyone said Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden under his bed.· My uncle was a terrible miser - he would walk in lashing rain rather than pay a bus fare. ► skinflint also tightwad especially American informal someone who hates to spend or give money: · We waited for the old skinflint to find his wallet and pay us our money.· Joe is such a tightwad that he won't even buy his own newspaper. ► cheapskate informal someone who dislikes spending money, and does not care if they behave in an unreasonable way to avoid spending it: · Howard rode with us in the taxi, but the cheapskate didn't offer to pay any of the fare.· I'm not going out with those cheapskates again - they didn't buy a drink all night! someone who hates spending money► stingy not generous with your money, even though you are not poor: · Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink.· It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity. ► mean British someone who is mean does not like spending money or sharing what they have with other people: · Rick's so mean he never even buys his wife a birthday present.· My father was a mean old man who resented every penny he spent on us. ► cheap American, especially spoken someone who is cheap does not like spending money, and always tries to avoid spending it: · Uncle Matt was really cheap - he used to stay with us for weeks, and he never paid for anything. ► tight-fisted informal not generous with money - use this about people who annoy you because they have money but do not like spending it: · He was known to have made a fortune on the stock market, but was nonetheless notoriously tight-fisted. ► miser someone who hates spending money, and prefers to save as much as possible - use this especially about someone who has collected a lot of money by doing this: · Mr Henny was a miser who had thousands of pounds hidden away under his bed. someone who is not generous and does not like spending money → miserly
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