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stingy

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小氣的,吝嗇的,缺乏的,有刺的

資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stingy \Sting"y\, a.
   Stinging; able to sting.

Stingy \Stin"gy\, a. [Compar. {Stingier}; superl. {Stingiest}.]
   [Probably from sting, and meaning originally, stinging;
   hence, biting, nipping (of the wind), churlish, avaricious;
   or cf. E. skinch.]
   Extremely close and covetous; meanly avaricious; niggardly;
   miserly; penurious; as, a stingy churl.

         A stingy, narrow-hearted fellow that had a deal of
         choice fruit, had not the heart to touch it till it
         began to be rotten.                      --L'estrange.

資料來源 : WordNet®

stingy
     adj 1: not generous; "she practices economy without being stingy";
            "an ungenerous response to the appeal for funds" [syn:
             {ungenerous}] [ant: {generous}]
     2: selfishly unwilling to share with others [syn: {ungenerous}]
     [also: {stingiest}, {stingier}]
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