1540s, "miserable person, wretch," from Latin miser (adj.) "unhappy, wretched, pitiable, in distress," of unknown origin. Original sense now obsolete; main modern meaning of "money-hoarding person" recorded 1560s, from presumed unhappiness of such people.
Besides general wretchedness, the Latin word connoted also "intense erotic love" (compare slang got it bad "deeply infatuated") and hence was a favorite word of Catullus. In Greek a miser was kyminopristes, literally "a cumin seed splitter." In Modern Greek, he might be called hekentabelones, literally "one who has sixty needles." The German word, filz, literally "felt," preserves the image of the felt slippers which the miser often wore in caricatures. Lettish mantrausis "miser" is literally "money-raker."
miser 英文释义
1. a stingy hoarder of money and possessions (often living miserably)
miser 双语例句
1. I'm married to a miser.
我嫁给了一个守财奴。
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2. The miser doesn't like to part with his money.
守财奴舍不得花他的钱.
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3. The miser was untouched by the poor man's story.
那个吝啬鬼对那穷人的叙述无动于衷.
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4. They say [ It is said that ] he's a miser.
据说他是一个小气鬼.
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5. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
那个守财奴是贪婪的化身.
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miser 实用场景例句
The miser doesn't like to part with his money.
守财奴舍不得花他的钱.
《简明英汉词典》
The miser was untouched by the poor man's story.
那个吝啬鬼对那穷人的叙述无动于衷.
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The miser was an incarnation of greed.
那个守财奴是贪婪的化身.
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A generous miser is a contradiction in terms.
“慷慨的吝啬鬼”是一种语词矛盾的说法.
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A miser lusts for gold.
守财奴贪财.
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Fear that someone might steal his money obsessed the old miser.
怕有人会偷钱的恐惧困扰着这个老吝啬鬼.
辞典例句
The miser was puffed as a philanthropist.
那个守财奴被说成是个慈善家.
辞典例句
A miser lusts after [ for ] gold.
守财奴 死要钱.
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It is the unintellectual miser who sweats blood at the loss of a hundred dollars.
只有无知的守财奴才会为损失了100块钱而心痛万分.
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Wish a miser long life, and you wish him no good.
祝守财奴长寿, 对他并无好处.
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As good beg of a naked man as a miser.
[谚]向守财奴求助,好比向一无所有的人求助.
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That wizened and grotesque little old man is a notorious miser.
那个干瘪难看的小老头是个臭名远扬的吝啬鬼.
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Miser: A person who lives poor so that he can die rich.
吝啬鬼: 过穷日子以求死后富有的人.
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A miser liver poorly in order to save money and keep it.
吝惜鬼生活很差,只是为了省下钱存起来.
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The old miser devised all of her property to her only child.
