1. 词汇意义
'Stingy'是一个形容词，意为“小气的”，指的是一个人特别节省，不愿意花钱或者不愿意分享。这个词通常有贬义，因为它暗示了一个人是自私的。
2. 词汇构成
'Stingy' 是一个由五个字母组成的单词，它的词源来自于古法语“estanchier”，意为“节约”。另外，它也可以缩写成 'stingy'。
3. 同义词
'Stingy'的同义词包括：greedy（贪婪的）、miserly（吝啬的）、tight-fisted（小气的）、parsimonious（过分节省的）等。
4. 用法注意点
'Stingy'这个词贬义较大，所以在使用时需要注意场合和语气，不要过于直接地使用。此外，这个词也可以用来形容物品，意为“不够大方的”或“短缺的”。
以下是5个中英例句：
1. My boss is so stingy he doesn't even buy us coffee. (我老板非常小气，甚至不会为我们买咖啡。)
2. My neighbor is so stingy that he wouldn't even lend me a cup of sugar. (我的邻居非常小气，甚至不肯借我一杯糖。)
3. Sarah is very stingy with her time; she never wants to help out with anything. (萨拉非常节约她的时间，从不愿意帮助任何事情。)
4. The restaurant's portions were so stingy that I left feeling hungry. (这家餐厅的份量非常少，我离开时还很饿。)
5. John's father is so stingy that he never lets the family go on vacation. (约翰的父亲非常吝啬，从不让家人去度假。)
英 [ˈstɪndʒi] 美 [ˈstɪndʒi]
翻译：吝啬的，小气的
例句：
1. He's so stingy that he won't even lend me a dollar.
他太小气了，甚至都不肯借我一美元。
2. The company became stingy with their budgets and started cutting back on employee benefits.
公司变得吝啬起来，开始缩减员工福利。
3. Don't be so stingy with compliments - give credit where it's due.
不要太吝啬地赞美别人，应该给应有的荣誉。
stingy在中文中有"有刺的、缺乏的"的意思，在英美地区还有"吝啬的"的意思，读音为['stindʒi]，stingy常被用作名词，在《新英汉词典（第3版）》中，共找到49个与stingy相关的例句。
Stingy的中文翻译
1.有刺的
例句:As the Don. you must not be stingy or people will talk. (当坐馆的 这些礼是省不了的 不然会让人说闲话)
2.缺乏的
例句:And, of course, all of them are finicky, compulsively tidy, stubborn and extremely stingy with money. (他们毫无例外的都很挑剔，有洁癖 顽固，还极其吝啬)
3.吝啬的
例句:SCANDALS, recalls, stingy customers, anxious regulators-any one of these would traumatise a chief executive. America's industry for medical devices is suffering from all of them. (美国医疗设备产业正在遭受着这样的折磨，陷入丑闻，召回产品，消费者挑剔，调控者焦虑，这其中的任何一个都足以让企业老总们心惊肉跳。)
4.小气的、吝啬的
例句:Farmers are- stingy, foxy, blubbering mean, stupid and, murderous! (翻译:所谓农民 最吝音，狡猾，懦弱 坏心肠，低能，是杀人鬼)
例句
1. SCANDALS, recalls, stingy customers, anxious regulators-any one of these would traumatise a chief executive. America's industry for medical devices is suffering from all of them. (翻译:美国医疗设备产业正在遭受着这样的折磨，陷入丑闻，召回产品，消费者挑剔，调控者焦虑，这其中的任何一个都足以让企业老总们心惊肉跳。)
2. Farmers are- stingy, foxy, blubbering mean, stupid and, murderous! (翻译:所谓农民 最吝音，狡猾，懦弱 坏心肠，低能，是杀人鬼)
3. The West is stingy with aid. (翻译:西方在援助上很吝啬。)
4. Dr Bell confirmed that pups made more noise with generous carers, and less with carers that were stingy or likely to be so. (翻译:他发现幼崽会跟大方的看护者吵闹得厉害，而很少去找小气的看护者或者有可能小气的看护者。)
5. Don't be so stingy! (翻译:不要那么吝啬！ )
6. Give me a visky, ginger ale on the side, and don't be stingy, baby. (翻译:给我一杯威士忌，里面兑一些姜味汽水。宝贝儿，别太吝啬了。《安娜·克里斯蒂》)
7. How can one drink the health of such an odious, stingy, hard, unfeeling man as Mr Scrooge? (翻译:敬史古治先生这种 吝啬讨厌、刻薄无情的人？)
8. In the eyes of most south Louisianans, the federal government has been a bit stingy when it comes to reinforcing flood defences. (翻译:在加强洪水的防范措施时，多数南路易斯安那州的居民认为政府做的还远远不够，可以说有点吝啬。)
9. That last KC-135 pilot was a bit stingy. (翻译:刚才那个KC -135加油机的飞行员有点吝啬啊)
10. SCANDALS, recalls, stingy customers, anxious regulators-any one of these would traumatise a chief executive.America's industry for medical devices is suffering from all of them. (翻译:美国医疗设备产业正在遭受着这样的折磨，陷入丑闻，召回产品，消费者挑剔，调控者焦虑，这其中的任何一个都足以让企业老总们心惊肉跳。)
11. So obviously he's a stingy blighter and the little chaps simply ran off to join another circus. (翻译:可见他是个吝啬的讨厌鬼 那些小家伙只是跳槽到另一家马戏团去了)
12. They say we're stingy, but you're not from here and you're such a tightwad. (翻译:他们说我们吝啬 但你又不是这里的人 你个吝啬鬼)
13. Matt was very stingy and hated spending money. (翻译:麦特很吝啬，讨厌花钱。)
14. As long as you do not compete with them directly, people would surprisingly the generosity is nowise stingy to cherish time. (翻译:只要你不与他们直接竞争，人们都会出奇地慷慨毫不吝惜时间。)
近义词&反义词
stingy作为名词的时候，其近义词以及反义词有s、stingies等。
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