stickle

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发音

UK /ˈstɪk(ə)l/
其它

词形变化

stickles 复数 stickled stickles 三单 stickles stickling stickling 现在分词 stickled 过去式 stickled 过去分词 more stickle 比较级 most stickle 最高级

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    A sharp point; prickle; a spine

  2. 1.

    A shallow rapid in a river.

    方言
  3. 2.

    The current below a waterfall.

    方言
v.
  1. 1.

    To act as referee or arbiter; to mediate.

    方言 废旧
  2. 2.

    To argue or struggle for.

    古体 方言
  3. 3.

    To raise objections; to argue stubbornly, especially over minor or trivial matters.

    方言
  4. 4.

    To separate, as combatants; hence, to quiet, to appease, as disputants.

    方言 废旧 及物
  5. 5.

    To intervene in; to stop, or put an end to, by intervening.

    方言 废旧 及物
  6. 6.

    To separate combatants by intervening.

    方言 不及物 废旧
  7. 7.

    To contend, contest, or altercate, especially in a pertinacious manner on insufficient grounds.

    方言 不及物 废旧
adj.
  1. 1.

    Steep; high; inaccessible.

  2. 2.

    High, as the water of a river; swollen; sweeping; rapid.

    英国 方言

词汇关系

动词

上位词 4

argue fence debate contend

词源

From Middle English *stikel, *stykyl (in compounds), from Old English sticel (“a prickle, sting, goad”), from Proto-Germanic *stiklaz, *stikilaz (“sting, stinger, peak, cup, goblet”), related to the verb *stikaną (“to stick”). Cognate with Dutch stekel, Icelandic stikill, Gothic 𐍃𐍄𐌹𐌺𐌻𐍃 (stikls) (whence Russian стекло́ (stekló, “glass”), Polish szkło (“glass”), Lithuanian sti̇̀klas, Romanian sticlă).

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