scrooged

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

Translation

n.吝嗇鬼;;守財奴

Example Sentences

The old man is a scrooge.

那個老人是個守財奴。

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

他不能添加煤炭,因爲史克魯奇把煤炭箱放在他自己的房間裏。

being a scrooge during the holidays

在節日期間小氣

don't be such a scrooge with your money

別對錢這麼小氣

he's a real scrooge when it comes to tipping

在給小費方面他真是小氣鬼

stop being such a scrooge and share your snacks

別再這麼小氣了,分享點零食吧

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

她的老闆在發獎金時以吝嗇著稱

Real-world Examples

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

也許他變成了一個富豪,每天的工作就是一成不變地被人看着變老。

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!

斯克魯奇在這本書以及電影中的口頭禪是“呸,騙人的鬼話!”

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。我或許是很暴躁,脾氣不好,但是我不是吝嗇鬼。

Source: Christmas hahaha

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

你是 Scrooge 先生還是 Marley 先生?史高治就是這個名字。

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.

勞拉看到絲襪無力地晃來晃去,她閉上了眼睛,把眼睛縮進枕頭裏。

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?

你幹嘛來這裏?讓鮑勃·克拉特基特自己救自己吧!我很富有,但是誰讓我富有的呢?是聖誕節嗎?

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.

在英語中,首字母小寫的scrooge這個詞是指不願意付出的人。

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.

斯克魯奇是一個每年這時候很容易聯想到的角色。他是《聖誕頌歌》的中心人物,在查爾斯·狄更斯筆下他成爲了經典。

Source: BBC Listening Collection December 2015

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