| 单词 | stark |
| 释义 | stark (once / 836 pages) adjadv Stark means "complete or extreme," like the stark contrast between your music taste — punk and weird metal — and your mom's, with all her 1950's doo-wop favorites. In describing a place, stark means "providing no shelter or sustenance." A barren desert or a room with no furniture or curtains is stark. It can also mean "severe, stern, or austere," like the stark beauty of the rocky cliffs in the west of Ireland. Stark can also be used to mean "totally." If you are called stark, raving mad, there's no question about it: you are acting completely crazy. WORD FAMILYstark: starker, starkest, starkly, starkness, starks USAGE EXAMPLESNowhere were the challenges starker than in Chicago, where the rates of murders and shootings skyrocketed. Washington Post(Jan 02, 2017) In Braslavsky’s starker show in the Common Ground Gallery, the vegetation is all on paper. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) There are many ways of dissecting the Brexit vote, but the starkest is by income. The Guardian(Dec 31, 2016) 1adj severely simple a stark interior Syn austere, severe, stern plain not elaborate or elaborated; simple 2adj complete or extreme stark poverty a stark contrast Syn immoderate beyond reasonable limits 3adj providing no shelter or sustenance a stark landscape Syn bare, barren, bleak, desolate inhospitable unfavorable to life or growth 4adj devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment facing the stark reality of the deadline Syn blunt, crude unconditional, unconditioned not conditional 5adj without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers Syn arrant, complete, consummate, double-dyed, everlasting, gross, perfect, pure, sodding, staring, thoroughgoing, unadulterated, utter unmitigated not diminished or moderated in intensity or severity; sometimes used as an intensifier 6adv completely stark mad mouth stark open |
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