el cheapo

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A mock-honorific title given to a particular person who is stingy. capitalized,often,slang
    — Don't expect a big tip from El Cheapo over there.
  2. A person who is stingy; a miser. slang
    — He's such an el cheapo that his wallet hasn't been opened for days.
  3. On the game show The Price Is Right, used in reference to the lowest two-digit number on a board of (initially) nine numbers in the pricing game Money Game. slang
形容词 adj.
  1. Cheap; inexpensive; of low quality. not-comparable,slang
    — I only had five bucks, so I bought the el cheapo headphones.

词形变化

el cheapos plural

词源

词源 1
From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).
词源 2
From Spanish el (“the”) + cheap + -o (“mock-Spanish suffix”).
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