stiff

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基本釋義

adj.
嚴厲的; 僵硬的,堅硬的; 呆板的,拘謹?shù)? 頑固的
adv.
<口>極度地,非常
n.
死尸; 笨蛋,傻瓜; 流動工人; 吝嗇鬼窮光蛋
vt.
詐騙; 失信

詞性變化

實用例句

stiff cardboard

硬紙板

牛津詞典

a stiff brush

硬刷子

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The windows were stiff and she couldn't get them open.

窗戶緊,她開不了。

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I'm really stiff after that bike ride yesterday.

昨天騎了那趟自行車,我覺得渾身酸痛。

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I've got a stiff neck .

我脖子發(fā)僵。

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Whisk the egg whites until stiff.

把蛋清打成稠的。

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It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill.

費了好大勁才爬到山頂。

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The company faces stiff competition from its rivals.

公司遇到對手的激烈競爭。

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The new proposals have met with stiff opposition .

新提案遭到強烈的反對。

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There are stiff fines for breaking the rules.

違反規(guī)則要受重罰。

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a stiff breeze/wind (= one that blows strongly)

強風

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The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and formal.

他那番歡迎他們的話講得生硬刻板。

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There's a stiff $15 entrance fee to the exhibition.

展覽會的入場費高達15元。

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a stiff whisky

烈性威士忌

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[不可數(shù)名詞]pain and stiffness in her legs

她兩腿又疼又僵的感覺

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be bored/scared/worried stiff

非常厭煩 / 害怕 / 擔心

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The clothes on the washing line were frozen stiff.

掛在晾衣繩上的衣服凍硬了。

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The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat...

家具又硬又不舒服,太不結(jié)實而且太小巧。

His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff...

他那條防水褲嶄新筆挺。

Train doors have handles on the inside. They are stiff so that they cannot be opened accidentally.

火車車門內(nèi)側(cè)有把手。把手都很緊,防止意外開啟。

The Mud Bath is particularly recommended for relieving tension and stiff muscles...

特別推薦想要放松情緒、緩解肌肉酸痛的人泡泥漿浴。

I'm stiff all over right now — I hope I can recover for tomorrow's race.

我現(xiàn)在全身酸痛——希望明天比賽時能恢復過來。

She looked at him with a stiff smile...

她看著他,臉上擠出生硬的一笑。

They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal.

他們在一起似乎總是覺得有點別扭,有點拘謹,不太隨意。

The film faces stiff competition for the Best Film nomination...

這部電影在角逐最佳影片提名時面臨著激烈的競爭。

Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail.

根據(jù)希臘嚴厲的反毒品法律,他們將面臨 20 年監(jiān)禁。

...a stiff whisky.

一杯烈性的威士忌

Next morning dawned clear and sunny, with a stiff breeze rustling the trees.

次日一大早,天空晴朗無云,大風吹得樹木沙沙作響。

Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff...

安娜努力裝出感興趣的樣子。實際上,她膩煩透了。

I was scared stiff when I realized what I'd done.

當我意識到自己的所作所為時,我嚇壞了。

真題例句

A woman encouraged to try knitting and crocheting after developing an autoimmune disease that caused a lot of hand pain reported on the Craft Yam Council site that her hands are now less stiff and painful.

2017年12月四級真題(第三套)閱讀 Section B

For factory owners, it all adds up to stiff competition for workers—and upward pressure on wages.

2017年考研真題(英語二)閱讀理解 Section Ⅱ

英英釋義

Noun
  • 1. an ordinary man;

    "a lucky stiff"

    "a working stiff"

  • 2. the dead body of a human being

Adjective
  • 1. lacking ease in bending; not limber;

    "a stiff neck"

    "stiff joints"

    "stiff hairs"

  • 2. not moving or operating freely;

    "a stiff hinge"

  • 3. powerful;

    "a stiff current"

    "a stiff breeze"

    "a stiff drink"

  • 4. rigidly formal;

    "a starchy manner"

    "the letter was stiff and formal"

    "his prose has a buckram quality"

  • 5. hard to overcome or surmount;

    "a stiff hike"

    "a stiff exam"

    "an uphill battle against a popular incumbant"

  • 6. of a collar; standing up rather than folded down;

    "an uncomfortable standup collar"

    "a stiff collar"

  • 7. incapable of or resistant to bending;

    "a rigid strip of metal"

    "a table made of rigid plastic"

    "a palace guardsman stiff as a poker"

  • 8. very drunk

Adverb
  • 1. extremely;

    "bored stiff"

    "frightened stiff"

  • 2. in a stiff manner;

    "his hands lay stiffly"

同義詞

adj.不彎曲的;拉緊的

firminflexibletensetauttoughtightrigid

adj.艱難的

toughdifficulthard

反義詞

adj.硬的;挺的

limp

其他釋義

limpsuppleelastic

最新英語單詞

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