miser
miser 英 [ˈmaɪzə(r)] 美 [ˈmaɪzɚ]
n. 守财奴；吝啬鬼
名词复数:misers
- A miser is someone who hoards his or her own wealth and doesn’t share or spend any of it. If you remember the old saying “You can’t take it with you!” — then you won't end up acting stingy like a miser.
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- n. 守财奴；吝啬鬼
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1. When the miser came again, he found nothing but an empty hole.
守财奴再来查看时，发现除了一个空洞什么都没有了。
- miser (n.) 1540s, "miserable person, wretch," from Latin miser (adj.) "unhappy, wretched, pitiable, in distress," a word for which "no acceptable PIE pedigree has been found" [de Vaan]. Original sense now obsolete; main modern meaning of "money-hoarding person" recorded 1560s, from presumed unhappiness of such people.
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