scrooge-like

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Like a scrooge in being miserly, tight-fisted, and a kill-joy.
    — In 1963, there was even more of a shutdown [at Christmas]. The Western and London Midland Regions ran no trains, with the rest of the network having the "barest of skeleton services". The Daily Herald called Beeching's cuts "the most scrooge-like... in railway history".

词形变化

more scrooge-like comparative most scrooge-like superlative Scrooge-like alternative

词源

From scrooge + -like.
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