penurious 的定义
- extremely stingy; parsimonious; miserly.
- extremely poor; destitute; indigent.
- poorly or inadequately supplied; lacking in means or resources.
penurious 近义词
stingy
更多penurious例句
- Not observing that the President Rose, who was very penurious, had put his money in the hat, he presented it to him a second time.
- There are beings so dejected—so penurious—that this swearing constitutes their whole store of worldly opulence.
- No; but even in the most penurious times it was kings who were the patrons.
- If one were ever penurious, might it not be of these handsome loaves of hers?
- One would suppose that such a mother would have every want supplied, even by a penurious son.