tightfisted
🇬🇧 UK/'tait'fistid/🇺🇸 US
GREC2
Definitions
adj.
Unwilling to spend money; miserly or stingy.
吝啬的,小气的
🧩 Root Breakdown
Native Englishtightother
+
fistother
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edpast tense / completed
=tightfisted
Common Collocations
- 1.tightfisted boss吝啬的老板
- 2.[tightfisted attitude]小气的态度
- 3.notoriously tightfisted出了名的吝啬
Example Sentences
- 1.
He is so tightfisted that he refuses to tip at restaurants.
- 2.
The tightfisted landlord wouldn't spend a penny on repairs.