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单词 stockish
释义

stockish

[ stok-ish ]
/ ˈstɒk ɪʃ /

adjective

like a block of wood; stupid.

Origin of stockish

First recorded in 1590–1600; stock + -ish1

OTHER WORDS FROM stockish

stock·ish·ly, adverbstock·ish·ness, noun

Words nearby stockish

stocking frame, stocking mask, stocking stitch, stocking stuffer, stock in trade, stockish, stockist, stockjobber, stock ledger, stockless, stock lock
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Example sentences from the Web for stockish

  • My cousin said he prayed that her prophecy might come true, but I remained hard and stockish.

    More Pages from a Journal|Mark Rutherford

  • The pilgrim is throughout a pale and stockish figure; but the devil covers a multitude of defects.

    Lay Morals|Robert Louis Stevenson

  • Nought so stockish, hard, and full of rage, / But music for the time doth change its nature.

    Dictionary of Quotations from Ancient and Modern, English and Foreign Sources|James Wood

British Dictionary definitions for stockish

stockish
/ (ˈstɒkɪʃ) /

adjective

stupid or dull

Derived forms of stockish

stockishly, adverbstockishness, noun
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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