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penurious [pi'njuəriəs]
基本释义
- a. 贫穷的;缺乏的;吝啬的
词形变化
- 名 词：pe·nu'ri·ous·ness副 词：pe·nu'ri·ous·ly
英英解释
2个形容词解释
- not having enough money to pay for necessities
[同] hard up, impecunious, in straitened circumstances, penniless, penurious, pinched - excessively unwilling to spend
[同] parsimonious, penurious
[例]- parsimonious thrift relieved by few generous impulses
- lived in a most penurious manner--denying himself every indulgence
- not having enough money to pay for necessities