stingy

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstingystin‧gy /ˈstɪndʒi/ adjective 1 informalGENEROUS# not generous, especially with money SYN mean She’s too stingy to give money to charity.2 ENOUGHa stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small a stingy portion of vegetables —stingily adverb —stinginess noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusstingy• They confuse popularity with wealth, and you are labelled as stingy.• They are rich, but they are terribly stingy.• Another accuses his dad of being a bit stingy.• Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink.• I was given a stingy portion of vegetables with rice.• Perhaps it should be noted that many persons will think that three ounces of cooked lean meat make a stingy portion.• It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity.• I don't know why they were so stingy with the drinks -- they have plenty of money.• Residents here have a history of being stingy with their tax dollars.• He became stingy with words, and sombre.Origin stingy (1600-1700) Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge “sting” (noun)

单词	stingy
释义	stingy From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishstingystin‧gy /ˈstɪndʒi/ adjective 1 informalGENEROUS# not generous, especially with money SYN mean She’s too stingy to give money to charity.2 ENOUGHa stingy amount of something, especially food, is too small a stingy portion of vegetables —stingily adverb —stinginess noun [uncountable]Examples from the Corpusstingy• They confuse popularity with wealth, and you are labelled as stingy.• They are rich, but they are terribly stingy.• Another accuses his dad of being a bit stingy.• Don't be so stingy! It's your turn to buy me a drink.• I was given a stingy portion of vegetables with rice.• Perhaps it should be noted that many persons will think that three ounces of cooked lean meat make a stingy portion.• It's no use asking him - he's too stingy to give money to charity.• I don't know why they were so stingy with the drinks -- they have plenty of money.• Residents here have a history of being stingy with their tax dollars.• He became stingy with words, and sombre.Origin stingy (1600-1700) Probably from an unrecorded English dialect stinge “sting” (noun)
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