stark

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a. 僵硬的, 完全的, 刻板的, 明显的, 荒凉的, 结实的 adv. 突出地, 简直, 全然

发音

US /stɑɹk/
UK /stɑːk/

词形变化

starked starking starks 三单 starks starking 现在分词 starked 过去式 starked 过去分词 starker 比较级 starker starkest starkest 最高级

教材释义与例句

形容词

完全的；荒凉的；刻板的；光秃秃的；朴实的

副词

完全；明显地；突出地；质朴地

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To stiffen.

    方言 废旧
adj. C1 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    Hard, firm; obdurate.

    废旧
  2. 2.

    Severe; violent; fierce (now usually in describing the weather).

  3. 3.

    Strong; vigorous; powerful.

    古体 文学 诗歌
  4. 4.

    Stiff, rigid.

  5. 5.

    Plain in appearance; barren, desolate.

    I picked my way forlornly through the stark, sharp rocks.

  6. 6.

    Naked.

  7. 7.

    Complete, absolute, full.

    完全的

    I screamed in stark terror.

    A flower was growing, in stark contrast, out of the sidewalk.

    1689 (first published posthumously), John Selden, Table-Talk Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no medium in rhetoric.

adv.
  1. 1.

    Starkly; entirely, absolutely.

    He's gone stark, staring mad.

    She was just standing there, stark naked.

词汇关系

形容词

同义词 10

perfect complete pure staring gross severe bare blunt thorough utter

近义相关 6

plain unconditional inhospitable unmitigated immoderate unconditioned

相关短语

stark naked a. 一丝不挂的, 赤裸的 Stark effect [化] 斯塔克效应 stark raving mad stark bollock naked Stark County stark staring mad a. 完全发狂的 Phony Stark

词源

From Middle English starken, from Old English stearcian (“to stiffen, become hard, grow stiff or hard”), from Proto-Germanic *starkōną, *starkēną (“to stiffen, become hard”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)terg- (“rigid, stiff”). Cognate with German erstarken (“to strengthen”).

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