英语词汇“tight-arse”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

tight-arse

(US tight-ass)

noun informal

1A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser: he’s a notorious tight-arse and is always very hesitant about coughing up for anything when it comes to money, I’m a tight-ass who is at pains to avoid looking like one...

We wouldn't be able to get any free cider from him anyway. Why? Because he's a tight-arse.
Resenting not having any money is a waste of energy and will turn you into a tight-arse.
The survey found that 11% of people were "tight-arses" who spent an average £10 a year on gifts.

2An inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person: you are the most buttoned-up tight-arse that I have ever met a well-worn Hollywood theme—repressed tight-ass reformed by intrusion of uncouth slob...

The comic-drama of this man who is teased for being a tight-ass, ‘a self-righteous goody two-shoes,’ feels like the enactment of an old, old moment in the history of mutual human dumbness.
His grin changed into a pleasant smile as he realized Julian wasn't such a tight-ass.
Even her secretary was an unflappable tight-ass, his contacts had told him.

单词	tight-arse
释义	tight-arse (US tight-ass) noun informal 1A person who spends as little money as possible; a miser: he’s a notorious tight-arse and is always very hesitant about coughing up for anything when it comes to money, I’m a tight-ass who is at pains to avoid looking like one... We wouldn't be able to get any free cider from him anyway. Why? Because he's a tight-arse. Resenting not having any money is a waste of energy and will turn you into a tight-arse. The survey found that 11% of people were "tight-arses" who spent an average £10 a year on gifts. 2An inhibited, repressed, or excessively conventional person: you are the most buttoned-up tight-arse that I have ever met a well-worn Hollywood theme—repressed tight-ass reformed by intrusion of uncouth slob... The comic-drama of this man who is teased for being a tight-ass, ‘a self-righteous goody two-shoes,’ feels like the enactment of an old, old moment in the history of mutual human dumbness. His grin changed into a pleasant smile as he realized Julian wasn't such a tight-ass. Even her secretary was an unflappable tight-ass, his contacts had told him.
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