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单词 scrooge
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scroogenoun [ C ]

uk/skruːdʒ/us/skruːdʒ/

disapproving someone who spends as little money as possible and is not generous:

He's a mean old scrooge!

Scrooge is a character who hates spending money but learns how to be generous, in the book "A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens.

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Mean with money

  • cheap
  • cheapskate
  • cheeseparing
  • chintzy
  • frugal
  • mean
  • meanly
  • meanness
  • measly
  • mingy
  • miser
  • miserly
  • money-grubbing
  • parsimonious
  • penny-pinching
  • skinflint
  • stingy
  • tight
  • tight-fisted
  • tightwad

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