英 [ˈtaɪtwɒd] 美 [ˈtaɪtwɑːd]
n. 吝啬鬼；守财奴
tightwad /ˈtaɪtˌwɒd/
名词 a stingy person; miser 吝啬鬼; 守财奴
a miserly person
同义词： cheapskate
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She's such a penny pincher/tightwad.
她真是个守财奴/小气鬼。
Maybe her tightwad attitude is her way to keep from ending up like her family.
也许她吝啬的态度是延续了她家庭的做法。
But the distinction is lost on me. I'm thrifty because I'm a tightwad and vice versa.
但这种区分对我来说毫无意义，我节俭因为我是个吝啬鬼，反过来说我是个吝啬鬼所以我节俭。
The uneasy coexistence of new wealth and old tightwad populism produces some curious contrasts.
Focused on fighting a war, Bush never a tightwad to begin with handed the keys to the Treasury to Tom DeLay and Denny Hastert, and they spent enough money to burn a wet mule.
FORBES: Jonah Goldberg's Good Advice for the GOP: Confess Your Spending Sins and Repent