英:['stɪfli]
美:['stɪfli]
英:['stɪfli]
美:['stɪfli]
adjective
not easily bent : rigid
a stiff collar
lacking in suppleness or flexibility
stiff muscles
impeded in movement—used of a mechanism
a truck's stiff suspension
drunk sense 1a
firm, resolute
stubborn, unyielding
proud
marked by reserve or decorum
hard fought
stiff competition
exerting great force
a stiff wind
potent
poured her a stiff drink
of a dense or glutinous consistency : thick
harsh, severe
a stiff penalty
arduous, rugged
stiff terrain
not easily heeled over by an external force (such as the wind)
a stiff ship
expensive, steep
paid a stiff price
adverb
in a stiff manner : stiffly
to an extreme degree : severely bored stiff
scared stiff
close enough to the hole for an easy putt in golf
hit it stiff and tapped it in for an easy birdie
noun
corpse
vagrant, tramp
a member of the working classespecially: a blue-collar worker
personespecially: a stodgy or excessively decorous person
a lucky stiff
flop, failure
verb
transitive verb
to refuse to pay or tip
stiffed the waiter
cheat
stiffed him in a business deal
stick sense 7a
stiffed us with the bar bill
snub sense 3
stiffed sportswriters after the game
intransitive verb
to fail commercially
the movie stiffed at the box office
Adjective Middle English stif, from Old English stīf; akin to Middle Dutch stijf stiff, Latin stipare to press together, Greek steibein to tread on
The first known use of stiff was before the 12th century
stiff1 of 3adjective
not easily bent : rigid
not easily moved stiff valves
stiff muscles
marked by moral courage
not easy or graceful in manner
hard fought
a stiff fight
exerting great force : strong
a stiff wind
potent sense 2b
a stiff dose
not flowing easily : thick
beat egg whites until stiff
harsh sense 3, severe
a stiff penalty
rugged
stiff terrain
expensive sense 2, steep
a stiff price
stiff2 of 3adverb
in a stiff manner
to a stiff state or condition
frozen stiff
to an extreme degree
bored stiff
stiff3 of 3noun
corpse
person
you lucky stiff
stiff1 of 3adjective
not easily bent : rigid
not easily moved stiff valves
stiff muscles
marked by moral courage
not easy or graceful in manner
hard fought
a stiff fight
exerting great force : strong
a stiff wind
potent sense 2b
a stiff dose
not flowing easily : thick
beat egg whites until stiff
harsh sense 3, severe
a stiff penalty
rugged
stiff terrain
expensive sense 2, steep
a stiff price
stiff2 of 3adverb
in a stiff manner
to a stiff state or condition
frozen stiff
to an extreme degree
bored stiff
stiff3 of 3noun
corpse
person
you lucky stiff
1 The good dogs came stiffly out of their little houses, hackles up and deep growls in their throats.
2 I looked down at my fingers and flexed them stiffly.
我僵硬地往下看着我的手指、摆弄着他们。
3 “How do you know?” said Will, sitting up stiffly.
4 "Yes, I would like a bite to eat," I said stiffly.
5 Mariam bounced her stiffly a half bewildered , half grateful smile on her lips.
玛丽雅姆生硬地抱着她摇晃,嘴唇上挂着既迷惑又感激的微笑.
6 Shampoo gets in my eyes and it stings, and my neck hurts from holding it stiffly over the basin.
7 She sat stiffly, afraid to lean back against him.
8 Turning toward our house on the hillside, I see movements of a different kind, tall shadows stiffly pushing through the currents.
9 His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff...
他那条防水裤崭新笔挺。
10 There was a faint light in the cabin that she took for moonlight, and it showed her new cold-weather furs that lay stiffly in the corner of the cabin.
11 He walked stiffly, perhaps from the new boots he wore.
他僵硬地走着, 或许是因为他穿的那双新靴子造成的.
12 Thwarted, he then embraced her stiffly before taking the baby in his arms under the watchful eye of his wife.
13 I was introduced to him and he nodded stiffly.
14 After sitting for a moment in silence, she said very stiffly to Elizabeth,
15 He crawled stiffly to his feet and picked his way back along the shoreline toward camp.
16 His big body suddenly fell back stiffly, knocking over two chairs; his head struck the stage floor with a thud.
17 She just sat stiffly on the edge of the dark blue velvet-covered sofa, staring into space, unmovable.
她只是僵硬坐在套着深蓝色罩子的沙发的边缘,凝望着天空,一动不动。
18 Caroline sat stiffly on the edge of her bed as Ma glued fake eyelashes to her eyelids.
19 I sit stiffly on his bed, ready to bring up the knife if I have to.
20 He bowed stiffly to the man on the throne.
1 不灵活
3 生硬
hard crisp stiff dusty abrupt laborious stilted laboured crisply stiffness hardness crispness dry
4 拘谨地
5 生硬地
7 牵强
9 顽固
donkeyish self-opinioned set contrary rocky stubborn uncompromising heady willful impenetrable inflexible wayward intractable spiky steely obstinate headstrong opinionated unrepentant strong-willed inveterate ornery obdurate flinty impenitent balky hidebound stiff-necked mulish fusty pigheaded hardheaded wrongheaded bullheaded blockish self-opinionated strong-headed ropeable hard-set hard-mouthed unpliable notionate stubbornly doggedly toughly cussedly stiffness bigotry stubbornness obstinacy doggedness pertinacity obduracy cussedness pigheadedness headiness impenitence stiffen toughen petrify hard as flint as stubborn as a mule
10 不友好
nice cold horrible distant stiff unpleasant grim glacial unfriendly intractable offhand surly unkind disagreeable inhospitable inimical unapproachable flinty unwelcoming uncongenial ill-disposed badly bad distance
12 顽固地
13 僵直
14 紧张
heavy tight intense nervous stressful edgy uneasy charged hyper stressed strained taut uptight knotted jumpy skittish flustered state stress tension flutter strain excite knot flap rattle fray unsettle fluster in a tizzy on the edge of your seat in a stew rattle cage