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spendthrift 音标拼音: [sp'ɛndθr ,ɪft] n. 浪费的人
a. 浪费的,挥霍无度的 浪费的人浪费的,挥霍无度的 spendthrift adj 1: recklessly wasteful; " prodigal in their expenditures" [ synonym: { extravagant}, { prodigal}, { profligate}, { spendthrift}] n 1: someone who spends money prodigally [ synonym: { spendthrift}, { spend- all}, { spender}, { scattergood}] Spendthrift \ Spend" thrift\, a. Prodigal; extravagant; wasteful. [ 1913 Webster]
Spendthrift \ Spend" thrift`\, n. One who spends money profusely or improvidently; a prodigal; one who lavishes or wastes his estate. Also used figuratively. [ 1913 Webster] A woman who was a generous spendthrift of life. -- Mrs. R. H. Davis. [ 1913 Webster] 26 Moby Thesaurus words for " spendthrift": big- time spender, dissipative, easy come, easy go, extravagant, improvident, incontinent, intemperate, lavish, overgenerous, overlavish, overliberal, penny- wise and pound- foolish, pound- foolish, prodigal, prodigal son, profligate, profuse, spend- all, spender, squanderer, squandering, wasteful, waster, wastethrift, wastrelSPENDTHRIFT. By the Rev. Stat. of Vermont, tit. 16, c. 65, s. 9, spendthrift is defined to be a person who by excessive drinking) gaming, idleness or debauchery of any kind, shall so spend, waste, or lessen his estate as to expose himself or his family to want or suffering, or expose the town to charge or expense, for support of himself or family.
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