单词 | stub |
释义 | Word Frequency stub(stʌb) noun 1. a short piece remaining after something has been cut, removed, etc a cigar stub 2. the residual piece or section of a receipt, ticket, cheque, etc 3. US and Canadian the part of a cheque, postal order, receipt, etc, detached and retained as a record of the transaction Also called (in Britain): counterfoil4. any short projection or blunted end 5. the stump of a tree or plant verbWord forms: stubs, stubbing or stubbed (transitive) 6. to strike (one's toe, foot, etc) painfully against a hard surface 7. (usually foll by out) to extinguish (a cigarette or cigar) by pressing the end against a surface 8. to clear (land) of stubs 9. to dig up (the roots) of (a tree or bush) Word origin Old English stubb; related to Old Norse stubbi, Middle Dutch stubbe, Greek stupos stem, stump |
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