One penurious year my parents used a Swiss cheese plant.(在經濟拮據的一年，我父母曾用繩狀藤來代替圣誕樹。)

"He lived in the most penurious manner , and denied himself every indulgence" (William Godwin ).(以最節儉的方式生活——不讓自己有任何放縱的行為。)

Of, relating to, or characteristic of a miser; avaricious, grasping, and penurious.(守財奴似的與守財奴有關的，具有守財奴特性的；貪婪的、吝嗇的且一毛不拔的。)

The chemisette vision is more getting penurious more.(女人的目光更加貪婪了。)

I am. Which is why it is so hard for me to be married to such a penurious person!(是啊，這就是我不愿意和如此吝嗇的人結婚的原因。)