英语词汇“stiff-upper-lip”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

a. Colloquial phrases. stiff as a poker; stiff in the back, firm, resolute; to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip, to be firm, unyielding; hence stiff-upper-lip adj.; also as v. intransitive and adv.; also stiff-upper-lipped adj., stiff-upper-lippery, stiff-upper-lippish adj., stiffupperlippishness.

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the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective]

fasteOE

stathelfasteOE

anredOE

hardOE

starkOE

trueOE

steadfast993

fastredeOE

stithc1000

findyOE

stablea1275

stathelyc1275

stiffc1275

stablec1290

steel to the (very) backa1300

unbowinga1300

stably13..

firm1377

unmovablea1382

constantc1386

abidingc1400

toughc1400

sure1421

unmoblea1425

unfaintedc1425

unfaint1436

permanent?a1475

stalwartc1480

unbroken1513

immovable1534

inconcuss1542

unshaken1548

stout1569

unwavering1570

undiscourageable1571

fixed1574

discourageable1576

unappalled1578

resolute1579

unremoved1583

resolved1585

unflexiblea1586

unshakeda1586

square1589

unstooping1597

iron1598

rocky1601

steady1602

undeclinable1610

unboweda1616

unfainting1615

unswayed1615

staunch1624

undiscourageda1628

staid1631

unshook1633

blue?1636

true blue?1636

tenacious1640

uncomplying1643

yieldless1651

riveting1658

unshakened1659

inconquerable1660

unyielding1677

unbendinga1688

tight1690

unswerving1694

unfaltering1727

unsubmitting1730

undeviating1732

undrooping1736

impervertible1741

undamped1742

undyingc1765

sturdy1775

stiff as a poker1798

unfickle1802

indivertible1821

thick and thin1822

undisheartened1827

inconvertible1829

straightforward1829

indomitable1830

stickfast1831

unsuccumbing1833

unturnable1847

unswerved1849

undivertible1856

unforsaking1862

swerveless1863

steeve1870

rock-ribbed1884

stiff in the back1897

the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [adjective]

firm1377

steel-nerveda1400

stablec1440

stiff-upper-lipped1798

stiff-upper-lip1961

stiff-upper-lippish1963

the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb]

to be of (good) comfortc1320

to be of good cheera1413

to stand buff1701

to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798

to die game1886

stiff-upper-lip1977

the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid

stithc897

stiff1000

starkOE

inflexiblec1400

rigent?1440

unbowable1537

staffish1545

steya1586

unpliablea1618

rigid1618

unsupple1621

unpliant1624

immercurial1637

steeve1637

starky1657

impliablea1734

tharf1747

stiff as a poker1798

unbending1802

unbowsome1818

crisp1851

unbendable1884

poker-stiff1894

unfluxile1925

the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > stiff

jointless1748

stiff as a poker1798

ramrod1850

unbowsome1894

the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way

bearOE

sustaina1382

dreec1400

to bear, hold tack1580

to stick out1677

to tough it (out)1830

to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837

to take it (or life) on the chin1928

to hang in1969

the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [noun]

stoicism1630

grit1825

pecker1845

sand1867

stiff-upper-lippery1961

stiffupperlippishness1973

1798 G. Colman Heir at Law iii. ii. 41 The last lord Duberly's father..with a wig as wide as a wash-tub, and stuck up as stiff as a poker.

1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 251 Lady Elizabeth, as stiff as a poker, sat with her mouth pursed up, vexed to death.

1815 Massachusetts Spy 14 June I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods.

1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) x. 77 Its a proper pity sich a clever woman should carry such a stiff upper lip.

1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. x. 152 ‘Well, good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip,’ said George.

1876 E. W. Heap Diary 22 Mar. in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. (1969) lii. 55 Frozen as stiff as a poker last night.

1887 Spectator 17 Sept. 1241 The Financial Secretary, who, it is supposed, will have a stiff upper lip and tightly buttoned pockets.

1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby v. 275 Each walked off..stiff as pokers.

1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso (1905) iv. 75 ‘Are you going to let him off?’ demanded Denny, suspiciously. ‘You never can be stiff in the back, Charley.’

1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers xviii. 297 Old Utterson is as stiff as a poker, and would keep us arguing till midnight.

1958 Listener 16 Oct. 621/3 She criticizes herself for being too stiff-upper-lipped about the tragedy that she faces.1961 A. O. J. Cockshut Imagination of Charles Dickens viii. 116 He oscillated between indignation, self-pity, and reticence of the stiff-upper-lip English school.1961 John o' London's 19 Oct. 447/2 The second film contains a firmly disciplined..undercurrent of Miniverish stiff-upper-lippery.1963 Listener 3 Jan. 42/1 It was all very improbable and too stiff-upper-lippish to have been written by anybody but an anglophile Frenchman.1973 New Society 31 May 483/2 MPs, in praising stiffupperlippishness, used sex as a stalking horse.1977 Broadcast 14 Nov. 10/3 The British are stiff upper-lipping through power cuts.1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xv. 153 As you say, we must be stiff-upper-lip formal.1979 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Two of the men, an upper-class Indian and an English Colonel, share a British university education, and they have a private joke of using pip-pip!, I say, and stiff upper lip expressions to each other.1979 Evening News 6 Feb. 7/4 With rakish Parker, Prince Philip found that he could relax from the strains of state business and stiff-upper-lippery.1983 Listener 20 Jan. 33/1 Nigel Anthony is the stiff-upper-lipped adventurer.

单词	stiff-upper-lip
释义	> as lemmas stiff-upper-lip a. Colloquial phrases. stiff as a poker; stiff in the back, firm, resolute; to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip, to be firm, unyielding; hence stiff-upper-lip adj.; also as v. intransitive and adv.; also stiff-upper-lipped adj., stiff-upper-lippery, stiff-upper-lippish adj., stiffupperlippishness. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > [adjective] fasteOE stathelfasteOE anredOE hardOE starkOE trueOE steadfast993 fastredeOE stithc1000 findyOE stablea1275 stathelyc1275 stiffc1275 stablec1290 steel to the (very) backa1300 unbowinga1300 stably13.. firm1377 unmovablea1382 constantc1386 abidingc1400 toughc1400 sure1421 unmoblea1425 unfaintedc1425 unfaint1436 permanent?a1475 stalwartc1480 unbroken1513 immovable1534 inconcuss1542 unshaken1548 stout1569 unwavering1570 undiscourageable1571 fixed1574 discourageable1576 unappalled1578 resolute1579 unremoved1583 resolved1585 unflexiblea1586 unshakeda1586 square1589 unstooping1597 iron1598 rocky1601 steady1602 undeclinable1610 unboweda1616 unfainting1615 unswayed1615 staunch1624 undiscourageda1628 staid1631 unshook1633 blue?1636 true blue?1636 tenacious1640 uncomplying1643 yieldless1651 riveting1658 unshakened1659 inconquerable1660 unyielding1677 unbendinga1688 tight1690 unswerving1694 unfaltering1727 unsubmitting1730 undeviating1732 undrooping1736 impervertible1741 undamped1742 undyingc1765 sturdy1775 stiff as a poker1798 unfickle1802 indivertible1821 thick and thin1822 undisheartened1827 inconvertible1829 straightforward1829 indomitable1830 stickfast1831 unsuccumbing1833 unturnable1847 unswerved1849 undivertible1856 unforsaking1862 swerveless1863 steeve1870 rock-ribbed1884 stiff in the back1897 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [adjective] firm1377 steel-nerveda1400 stablec1440 stiff-upper-lipped1798 stiff-upper-lip1961 stiff-upper-lippish1963 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > to be stiff-upper-lipped [verb] to be of (good) comfortc1320 to be of good cheera1413 to stand buff1701 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1798 to die game1886 stiff-upper-lip1977 the world > matter > constitution of matter > hardness > types of hardness > [adjective] > stiff or rigid stithc897 stiff1000 starkOE inflexiblec1400 rigent?1440 unbowable1537 staffish1545 steya1586 unpliablea1618 rigid1618 unsupple1621 unpliant1624 immercurial1637 steeve1637 starky1657 impliablea1734 tharf1747 stiff as a poker1798 unbending1802 unbowsome1818 crisp1851 unbendable1884 poker-stiff1894 unfluxile1925 the world > space > relative position > posture > upright or erect posture > [adjective] > stiff jointless1748 stiff as a poker1798 ramrod1850 unbowsome1894 the mind > will > decision > constancy or steadfastness > be constant or steadfast [verb (intransitive)] > endure without giving way bearOE sustaina1382 dreec1400 to bear, hold tack1580 to stick out1677 to tough it (out)1830 to keep (carry, have) a stiff upper lip1837 to take it (or life) on the chin1928 to hang in1969 the mind > emotion > courage > moral courage > stoicism > [noun] stoicism1630 grit1825 pecker1845 sand1867 stiff-upper-lippery1961 stiffupperlippishness1973 1798 G. Colman Heir at Law iii. ii. 41 The last lord Duberly's father..with a wig as wide as a wash-tub, and stuck up as stiff as a poker. 1800 E. Hervey Mourtray Family II. 251 Lady Elizabeth, as stiff as a poker, sat with her mouth pursed up, vexed to death. 1815 Massachusetts Spy 14 June I kept a stiff upper lip, and bought [a] license to sell my goods. 1837 T. C. Haliburton Clockmaker 1st Ser. (ed. 2) x. 77 Its a proper pity sich a clever woman should carry such a stiff upper lip. 1852 H. B. Stowe Uncle Tom's Cabin I. x. 152 ‘Well, good-by, Uncle Tom; keep a stiff upper lip,’ said George. 1876 E. W. Heap Diary 22 Mar. in Publ. Amer. Dial. Soc. (1969) lii. 55 Frozen as stiff as a poker last night. 1887 Spectator 17 Sept. 1241 The Financial Secretary, who, it is supposed, will have a stiff upper lip and tightly buttoned pockets. 1894 G. Du Maurier Trilby v. 275 Each walked off..stiff as pokers. 1897 ‘A. Hope’ Phroso (1905) iv. 75 ‘Are you going to let him off?’ demanded Denny, suspiciously. ‘You never can be stiff in the back, Charley.’ 1934 J. Buchan Free Fishers xviii. 297 Old Utterson is as stiff as a poker, and would keep us arguing till midnight. 1958 Listener 16 Oct. 621/3 She criticizes herself for being too stiff-upper-lipped about the tragedy that she faces.1961 A. O. J. Cockshut Imagination of Charles Dickens viii. 116 He oscillated between indignation, self-pity, and reticence of the stiff-upper-lip English school.1961 John o' London's 19 Oct. 447/2 The second film contains a firmly disciplined..undercurrent of Miniverish stiff-upper-lippery.1963 Listener 3 Jan. 42/1 It was all very improbable and too stiff-upper-lippish to have been written by anybody but an anglophile Frenchman.1973 New Society 31 May 483/2 MPs, in praising stiffupperlippishness, used sex as a stalking horse.1977 Broadcast 14 Nov. 10/3 The British are stiff upper-lipping through power cuts.1978 W. F. Buckley Stained Glass xv. 153 As you say, we must be stiff-upper-lip formal.1979 Verbatim Autumn 14/2 Two of the men, an upper-class Indian and an English Colonel, share a British university education, and they have a private joke of using pip-pip!, I say, and stiff upper lip expressions to each other.1979 Evening News 6 Feb. 7/4 With rakish Parker, Prince Philip found that he could relax from the strains of state business and stiff-upper-lippery.1983 Listener 20 Jan. 33/1 Nigel Anthony is the stiff-upper-lipped adventurer. extracted from stiffadj.n.adv. < as lemmas
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