niggard
英 ['nɪgəd]
美 ['nɪgɚd]
- adj. 小氣的；吝嗇的
- n. 吝嗇鬼
- vt. 行事吝嗇
- vi. 吝嗇地對待
英文詞源
- niggard (n.)
- "mean person, miser," late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (see -ard), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig "stingy" (c. 1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse hnøggr "stingy," from Proto-Germanic *khnauwjaz (source of Swedish njugg "close, careful," German genau "precise, exact"), and to Old English hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in Middle English.
雙語例句
- 1. Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.
- 別指望那個吝嗇鬼會請你吃飯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 2. The niggard contributed little to them.
- 這個吝嗇鬼幾乎就沒捐錢給他們.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. Never have we seen such a niggard like him!
- 象他這樣的小氣鬼我們何時見過?
來自辭典例句
- 4. Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation.
- 自然界雖富於變化卻吝於革新.
來自辭典例句
- 5. What magnanimous is not the Dao but the man. A niggard cannot do it.
- 話多是虛榮的跡象,因為在用詞上過分大方的人在做事上卻是個小氣鬼.
來自互聯網