scrooged

[US]/skruːdʒ/
[UK]/skruːdʒ/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.吝啬鬼;;守财奴

Example Sentences

The old man is a scrooge.

那个老人是个守财奴。

He couldn't add more coal, for Scrooge kept the coalbox in his own room.

他不能添加煤炭,因为史克鲁奇把煤炭箱放在他自己的房间里。

being a scrooge during the holidays

在节日期间小气

don't be such a scrooge with your money

别对钱这么小气

he's a real scrooge when it comes to tipping

在给小费方面他真是小气鬼

stop being such a scrooge and share your snacks

别再这么小气了,分享点零食吧

her boss is known to be a scrooge when it comes to bonuses

她的老板在发奖金时以吝啬著称

Real-world Examples

Maybe he's become a scrooge with the routine of being watched to getting done old .

也许他变成了一个富豪,每天的工作就是一成不变地被人看着变老。

Source: CNN 10 Student English December 2018 Collection

Scrooge. [Still more angrily.] Good night!

晚安!

Source: American Elementary School English 4

Scrooges' catchphrase in the book and in the movies is bah humbug!

斯克鲁奇在这本书以及电影中的口头禅是“呸,骗人的鬼话!”

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

Scrooge. [Standing up, waving spoon toward the door and almost shouting.] GOOD NIGHT!

晚安!

Source: American Elementary School English 4

Oh dear. I might be grumpy – and that means bad-tempered – but I'm not a scrooge!

哦,天啊。我或许是很暴躁,脾气不好,但是我不是吝啬鬼。

Source: Christmas hahaha

Are you Mr. Scrooge or Mr. Marley? Scrooge is the name.

你是 Scrooge 先生还是 Marley 先生?史高治就是这个名字。

Source: High School English People's Education Edition Third Volume Listening

Laura saw the stockings limply dangling, and she scrooged her shut eyes into the pillow.

劳拉看到丝袜无力地晃来晃去,她闭上了眼睛,把眼睛缩进枕头里。

Source: The little cabin on the grassland.

Scrooge. Why did you come here? Let Bob Cratchit help himself! I am rich, but who made me rich? Did Christmas?

你干嘛来这里?让鲍勃·克拉特基特自己救自己吧!我很富有,但是谁让我富有的呢?是圣诞节吗?

Source: American Elementary School English 4

In the English language, a scrooge -- with a lowercase s -- is a person who is unwilling to give to others.

在英语中,首字母小写的scrooge这个词是指不愿意付出的人。

Source: VOA Special December 2018 Collection

Scrooge is a character very much associated with this time of year. He's the central figure in A Christmas Carol, a classic by the English writer Charles Dickens.

斯克鲁奇是一个每年这时候很容易联想到的角色。他是《圣诞颂歌》的中心人物,在查尔斯·狄更斯笔下他成为了经典。

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

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