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narrow-fisted

/nar-oh-fis-tid/US // ˈnær oʊˈfɪs tɪd //

狭隘的手腕,狭长的手腕

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : tight-fisted.

Examples

  • What it endangers is a narrow conception of Russian power, understood through the eyes of its dictatorial leader.

  • By that time, SantaCon had already spread beyond the narrow confines of a few prankster-explorers.

  • A cruiser shows up and eyes narrow and citizens often withdraw.

  • And besides, the studies that do enjoy widespread media circulation focus on a very narrow segment of the LGBT community: gay men.

  • He has sunken eyes and a narrow black beard speckled with gray.

  • The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.

  • He is rather tall and narrow, and wears a long abb's coat reaching nearly down to his feet.

  • As he was toiling slowly up a narrow, rocky pass, he suddenly saw an Indian's head peering over the ledge.

  • Her thin and narrow hands held the balcony railing rather tightly.

  • When we got to the house we entered an obscure corridor and began to find our way up a dark and narrow staircase.