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

单词	stern
释义	stern stern¹ —sternly, adv. —sternness, n. /sterrn/, adj., sterner, sternest. 1. firm, strict, or uncompromising: stern discipline. 2. hard, harsh, or severe: a stern reprimand. 3. rigorous or austere; of an unpleasantly serious character: stern times. 4. grim or forbidding in aspect: a stern face. [bef. 1000; ME; OE styrne] Syn. 1, 2. adamant, unrelenting, unsympathetic, cruel, unfeeling. STERN, SEVERE, HARSH agree in referring to methods, aspects, manners, or facial expressions. STERN implies uncompromising, inflexible firmness, and sometimes a hard, forbidding, or withdrawn aspect or nature: a stern parent. SEVERE implies strictness, lack of sympathy, and a tendency to impose a hard discipline on others: a severe judge. HARSH suggests a great severity and roughness, and cruel, unfeeling treatment of others: a harsh critic. Ant. 1. lenient. stern² /sterrn/, n. 1. the after part of a vessel (often opposed to stem). 2. the back or rear of anything. 3. (cap.) Astron. the constellation Puppis. 4. Fox Hunting. the tail of a hound. [1250-1300; ME sterne, prob. < ON stjorn steering (done aft; see STERNPOST)]
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