| 单词 | penny-pinching |
| 释义 | Penny-Pinching nnoun.attributeextreme care in spending money; reluctance to spend money unnecessarily Synset:parsimoniousness parsimony thrift Derivationally Related Form:parsimoniousthriftypenny-pinching Hypernyms:frugality frugalness Inherited Hypernyms:parsimonyfrugalityprudencediscretionwisdomtraitattributeabstractionentity Inherited Hypernyms:parsimonyfrugalityprudencenatural virtuecardinal virtuevirtuegoodmoralityqualityattributeabstractionentity vverb.possessionspend money frugally; spend as little as possible Synset:nickel-and-dime penny-pinch Hypernyms:drop expend spend Inherited Hypernyms:penny-pinchspendpaygivetransfer Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s adj satadj.allgiving or spending with reluctance Synset:cheeseparing close near skinny Examples:
Antonyms:generous Derivationally Related Form:closenesspenny-pinching Inherited Hypernyms:cheeseparing Similar to:stingy ungenerous |
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