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ScroogeBrE /skruːdʒ/NAmE /skruːdʒ/ noun [usually sing.] (informal, disapproving) a person who is very unwilling to spend money 吝啬鬼；守财奴 Expressions from literary sources Alice in Wonderland, Casanova, Cassandra, Don Juan, Dorian Gray, Falstaffian, Frankenstein, Jekyll and Hyde, Lilliputian, Lothario, Orwellian, Pandora’s box, Peter Pan, Pied Piper, Pollyanna, Rip Van Winkle, Ruritanian, Scrooge, Shangri-La, Sherlock, Stepford Wife, Svengali, Tweedledum and Tweedledee, Utopia, Walter Mitty ORIGIN From Ebenezer Scrooge, a character in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol who is extremely mean. 源自狄更斯小说《圣诞颂歌》中一个极其吝啬的人物埃比尼泽 · 斯克鲁奇 (Ebenezer Scrooge)。 |