| 单词 | stiff |
| 释义 | stiff (once / 158 pages) 1adjadv 2adj 3n 4n 5adv 6adj WORD FAMILY stiff: stiffen, stiffer, stiffest, stiffly, stiffness, stiffs+/stiffen: stiffened, stiffener, stiffening, stiffens/stiffener: stiffeners/stiffening: stiffenings/stiffness: stiffnesses USAGE EXAMPLESThat made it stiffer than a regular shaft, but less stiff than a stiff one -- a baby step toward the grave. Golf Digest(Dec 01, 2016) "The first thing I did when I heard about the job was pour myself a stiff drink," he said. BBC(Dec 01, 2016) Even on the live-streaming frontier, there will be stiff competition. The New Yorker(Nov 30, 2016) 1 1adj incapable of or resistant to bending a palace guardsman stiff as a poker stiff hair a stiff neck Syn rigid inflexible resistant to being bent 2adj not moving or operating freely a stiff hinge Syn immobile not capable of movement or of being moved 3adj rigidly formal the letter was stiff and formal Syn buckram, starchy formal being in accord with established forms and conventions and requirements (as e.g. of formal dress) 4adj marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable Syn firm, steadfast, steady, unbendable, unfaltering, unshakable, unwavering resolute firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination 5adv in a stiff manner 2Syn stiffly 1adj powerful a stiff current a stiff breeze Syn strong having strength or power greater than average or expected 2adj having a strong physiological or chemical effect 3Syn|Ant potent, strong effective, effectual, efficacious producing or capable of producing an intended result or having a striking effect fertilecapable of reproducing equipotenthaving equal strength or efficacy multipotentable to many things powerfulhaving great power or force or potency or effect impotent lacking power or ability infertile, sterile, unfertileincapable of reproducing ineffective, ineffectual, unablelacking in power or forcefulness impuissantlacking physical strength or vigor powerlesslacking power n the dead body of a human being 4the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river Syn|Hypo|Hyper cadaver, clay, corpse, remains cremains the remains of a dead body after cremation body, dead body a natural object consisting of a dead animal or person n an ordinary man 5a lucky stiff a working stiff Hyper adult male, man an adult person who is male (as opposed to a woman) adv extremely 6bored stiff frightened stiff adj very drunk Syn drunk, inebriated, intoxicated stupefied or excited by a chemical substance (especially alcohol) |
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