stingy

Definitions

From the native English sting + -y. The link runs through 'sharp and grudging' — a stingy person gives in a tight, pricking, painful-to-them way, parting with as little as possible. Note: this is the Germanic sting branch, a blood cousin of Latin stinct, not a Latin borrowing.

Common Collocations

• 1.stingy with money在钱上很抠门
• 2.stingy tip小气的小费
• 3.be stingy with在……上吝啬
• 4.stingy portions少得可怜的分量

Example Sentences

• 1.

  He's so stingy he won't even buy his own coffee.

• 2.

  The restaurant is stingy with its portions.