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Scrooge |
| 释义 |
ScroogeScrooge, scrooge /skruːdʒ/ noun [countable] informal  ScroogeOrigin: 1800-1900 Ebenezer Scrooge, character in A Christmas Carol (1843) by Charles Dickens - My scrooge of a wife won't let me buy new golf clubs.
- Does one have to be a Scrooge to by cynical about pleasures which are derived from escaping reality rather than embracing it?
- The stress and expense of holiday shopping is enough to make anyone feel like a Scrooge.
- Will he take steps to abolish standing charges or is he the Scrooge of the 1990s?
someone who hates spending money |
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