stiff

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a. 坚硬的, 严厉的, 呆板的, 生硬的, 刚强的, 强烈的, 粘的, 稠的, 艰难的 n. 死尸, 醉鬼, 钞票 vt. 不肯付...小费

发音

US /stɪf/

词形变化

stiffs 复数 stiffs stiffed stiffing stiffs 三单 stiffing 现在分词 stiffed 过去式 stiffed 过去分词 stiffer 比较级 stiffer stiffest stiffest 最高级 more stiff 比较级 most stiff 最高级

别名

stiffe

教材释义与例句

名词

死尸;令人讨厌者;流通票据;劳动者

动词

诈骗;失信

形容词

呆板的;坚硬的;严厉的;拘谨的

副词

僵硬地;彻底地

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education.

    加拿大 美国 可数 俚语 不可数

    working stiff

  2. 2.

    A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle.

    可数 俚语 不可数

    She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.

  3. 3.

    A cadaver; a dead person.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  4. 4.

    A flop; a commercial failure.

    可数 俚语 不可数
  5. 5.

    A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数
  6. 6.

    A customer who does not leave a tip.

    美国 可数 俚语 不可数 引申义
  7. 7.

    Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.

    可数 不可数 游戏
  8. 8.

    Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.

    可数 俚语 不可数 商务 金融
  9. 9.

    A note or letter surreptitiously sent by an inmate.

    可数 俚语 不可数
v.
  1. 1.

    To fail to pay that which one owes (implicitly or explicitly) to another, especially by departing hastily.

    He stiffed me on the tip.

    Realizing he had forgotten his wallet, he stiffed the taxi driver when the cab stopped for a red light.

  2. 2.

    To cheat someone.

  3. 3.

    To tip ungenerously.

  4. 4.

    To kill.

    俚语
  5. 5.

    To be unsuccessful.

    非正式
adj. B2 Oxf 3000
  1. 1.

    Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

    僵硬

    不屈

    不折

  2. 2.

    Inflexible; rigid.

    比喻
  3. 3.

    Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

  4. 4.

    Harsh, severe.

    非正式

    He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

  5. 5.

    Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.

    My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

  6. 6.

    Potent.

    a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze

  7. 7.

    Expensive, pricey.

    非正式
  8. 8.

    Dead, deceased.

    非正式
  9. 9.

    Erect.

    俚语
  10. 10.

    Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.

    Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.

  11. 11.

    Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.

    烹饪

    beat the egg whites until they are stiff

  12. 12.

    Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.

    数学
  13. 13.

    Keeping upright.

    航海 交通
  14. 14.

    Of a shot, landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.

    体育
  15. 15.

    Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.

    政治 体育 军事
adv.
  1. 1.

    Of the wind, with great force; strongly.

    航海 交通
  2. 2.

    Very thoroughly.

    过时 俚语

    1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London Now I want you to take Vallett in hand and drill him stiff with everything that has to do with Tilehurst and Tapsfield.

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词源

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steypós. See also West Frisian stiif, Dutch stijf, Norwegian Bokmål stiv, German steif; also Latin stīpes, stīpō, from which English stevedore. The expected Modern English form would be /staɪf/; /stɪf/ is probably originally from compounds such as stiffly, where the vowel was shortened before a consonant cluster.

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