miser
英['ma?z?]
美['ma?z?]
- n. 守財奴；吝嗇鬼；（石油工程上用的）鑿井機
- n. (Miser)人名；(英)邁澤；(德)米澤；(西)米塞爾
詞態變化
復數:?misers;
中文詞源
miser 吝嗇鬼，守財奴
來自拉丁語miser,可憐的，可悲的，悲慘的，可能來自希臘語misos,厭惡，討厭，詞源同misanthrope.后引申詞義吝嗇鬼，守財奴，因認為這類人是可悲人物的代表。
英文詞源
- 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."
雙語例句
- 1. I'm married to a miser.
- 我嫁給了一個守財奴。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. The miser doesn't like to part with his money.
- 守財奴舍不得花他的錢.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 3. The miser was untouched by the poor man's story.
- 那個吝嗇鬼對那窮人的敘述無動于衷.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 4. They say [ It is said that ] he's a miser.
- 據說他是一個小氣鬼.
來自《現代漢英綜合大詞典》
- 5. The miser was an incarnation of greed.
- 那個守財奴是貪婪的化身.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》