miser
英 ['maɪzə]
美 ['maɪzɚ]
- n. 守财奴；吝啬鬼；（石油工程上用的）凿井机
- n. (Miser)人名；(英)迈泽；(德)米泽；(西)米塞尔
TEM4 GRE CET6
miser 吝啬鬼，守财奴来自拉丁语miser,可怜的，可悲的，悲惨的，可能来自希腊语misos,厌恶，讨厌，词源同misanthrope.后引申词义吝啬鬼，守财奴，因认为这类人是可悲人物的代表。
- miser (n.)
- 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."
- 1. I'm married to a miser.
- 我嫁给了一个守财奴。
来自柯林斯例句
- 2. The miser doesn't like to part with his money.
- 守财奴舍不得花他的钱.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 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.
来自《简明英汉词典》
- 4. They say [ It is said that ] he's a miser.
- 据说他是一个小气鬼.
来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
- 5. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
- 那个守财奴是贪婪的化身.
来自《简明英汉词典》
