"mean person, miser," late 14c., nygart, of uncertain origin. The suffix suggests French origin (see -ard), but the root word is possibly from earlier nig "stingy" (c. 1300), perhaps from a Scandinavian source related to Old Norse hn?ggr "stingy," from Proto-Germanic *khnauwjaz (source of Swedish njugg "close, careful," German genau "precise, exact"), and to Old English hneaw "stingy, niggardly," which did not survive in Middle English.
雙語例句
1. Don't expect that niggard to invite you to dinner.
別指望那個吝嗇鬼會請你吃飯.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
2. The niggard contributed little to them.
這個吝嗇鬼幾乎就沒捐錢給他們.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
3. Never have we seen such a niggard like him!
象他這樣的小氣鬼我們何時見過?
來自辭典例句
4. Nature is prodigal in variety, but niggard in innovation.
自然界雖富于變化卻吝于革新.
來自辭典例句
5. What magnanimous is not the Dao but the man. A niggard cannot do it.