penurious [pəˈnʊriəs]

例句:

• One penurious year, my parents used Swiss cheese plant.
  经济拮据的一年, 我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树.
  
• One penurious year, my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.
  在经济拮据的一年, 我父母曾用绳状藤来代替圣诞树.
  
• Paul Giamatti, as a penurious lawyer forced into a morally dubious money-making scheme, wrestles with his conscience.
  来自THETIMES
• "Joe E. Brown himself was very penurious, very tight," Curtis went on.
  来自NEWYORKER