| 单词 | stiff |
| 释义 | stiff —stiffish, adj. —stiffly, adv. —stiffness, n. /stif/, adj., stiffer, stiffest, n., adv., v. adj. 1. rigid or firm; difficult or impossible to bend or flex: a stiff collar. 2. not moving or working easily: The motor was a little stiff from the cold weather. 3. (of a person or animal) not supple; moving with difficulty, as from cold, age, exhaustion, or injury. 4. strong; forceful; powerful: stiff winds; The fighter threw a stiff right to his opponent's jaw. 5. strong or potent to the taste or system, as a beverage or medicine: He was cold and wanted a good stiff drink. 6. resolute; firm in purpose; unyielding; stubborn. 7. stubbornly continued: a stiff battle. 8. firm against any tendency to decrease, as stock-market prices. 9. rigidly formal; cold and unfriendly, as people, manners, or proceedings. 10. lacking ease and grace; awkward: a stiff style of writing. 11. excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement. 12. laborious or difficult, as a task. 13. severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand. 14. excessive; unusually high or great: $50 is pretty stiff to pay for that. 15. firm from tension; taut: to keep a stiff rein. 16. relatively firm in consistency, as semisolid matter; thick: a stiff jelly; a stiff batter. 17. dense or compact; not friable: stiff soil. 18. Naut. (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable (opposed to crank). 19. Scot. and North Eng. sturdy, stout, or strongly built. 20. Australian Slang. out of luck; unfortunate. n. 21. Slang. a. a dead body; corpse. b. a formal or priggish person. c. a poor tipper; tightwad. d. a drunk. 22. Slang. a. a fellow: lucky stiff; poor stiff. b. a tramp; hobo. c. a laborer. 23. Slang. a. a forged check. b. a promissory note or bill of exchange. c. a letter or note, esp. if secret or smuggled. 24. Slang. a contestant, esp. a racehorse, sure to lose. adv. 25. in or to a firm or rigid state: The wet shirt was frozen stiff. 26. completely, intensely, or extremely: I'm bored stiff by these lectures. We're scared stiff. v.t. 27. Slang. to fail or refuse to tip (a waiter, porter, etc.). 28. Slang. to cheat; gyp; do out of: The company stiffed me out of a week's pay. [bef. 1000; ME (adj. and adv.); OE stif; c. G steif; akin to STIFLE1, STEEVE1] Syn. 1. unbending, unyielding. See firm1. 6. unrelenting, resolved, obstinate, pertinacious. 9. reserved, constrained, starched, prim. 10. graceless, inelegant. |
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