spendthrift

名词 n. 形容词 adj.
中文释义
英 /ˈspɛn(d)θɹɪft/    美 /ˈspɛn(d)ˌθɹɪft/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Someone who spends money improvidently or wastefully.
    — [T]hat vve vvould doe / VVe ſhould doe vvhen vve vvould: for this vvould changes, / And hath abatements and delayes as many, / As there are tongues, are hands, are accedents, / And then this ſhould is like a ſpend thrifts ſigh, / That hurts by eaſing; […]
  2. Anything that distributes its attributes profusely, without restraint. figuratively
    — It was one of those bright days in spring, which are very spendthrifts of sunshine, when the darkest alley in London wins a golden glimpse, and the eternal mist around St. Paul's turns to a glittering haze:...
形容词 adj.
  1. Improvident, profligate, or wasteful.
    — Wel, go to wild oats, ſpend thrift prodigal, / Ile croſſe thy name quight from my reckning booke: / For theſe accounts, faith it ſhall ſcath thee ſome what, / I will not ſay what, ſomewhat it ſhall be.
  2. Extravagant or lavish.
    — Rufus's stone lies in the outskirts of the forest, and in a few minutes they emerged upon the broad heath which bounds it, then like a sea of gold; for the furze was in the first glory of its spendthrift wealth.

词形变化

more spendthrift comparative most spendthrift superlative spendthrifts plural

词汇关系

近义词
big spender dingthrift neve overspender prodigal profligate saprophage scattergood slipstring slipthrift sparkler spend-all spendthrift splurge splurger squanderer unthrift waster wastegood wastethrift wastrel
反义词
frugal thrifty miser skinflint cheapskate niggard tightwad frugalist husband
上位词
spender wanton
衍生词
spendthrift clause spendthriftily spendthriftiness spendthriftism spendthriftness spendthrift provision spendthrift trust spendthrifty
相关词
prodigality

词源

词源 1
From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).
词源 2
From spend + thrift (“(archaic) savings; profits; wealth”).
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