| 单词 | stub |
| 释义 | stub stub1 —stubber, n. /stub/, n. , v. , stubbed, stubbing. n. 1. a short projecting part. 2. a short remaining piece, as of a pencil, candle, or cigar. 3. (in a checkbook, receipt book, etc.) the inner end of each leaf, for keeping a record of the content of the part filled out and torn away. 4. the returned portion of a ticket. 5. the end of a fallen tree, shrub, or plant left fixed in the ground; stump. 6. something having a short, blunt shape, esp. a short-pointed, blunt pen. 7. See stub nail. 8. something having the look of incomplete or stunted growth, as a horn of an animal. 9. Bridge. a part-score. v.t. 10. to strike accidentally against a projecting object: I stubbed my toe against the step. 11. to extinguish the burning end of (a cigarette or cigar) by crushing it against a solid object (often fol. by out): He stubbed out the cigarette in the ashtray. 12. to clear of stubs, as land. 13. to dig up by the roots; grub up (roots). [bef. 1000; (n.) ME stubb(e), OE stubb tree stump; c. MLG, MD stubbe, ON stubbi; akin to ON stufr stump; (v.) late ME stubben to dig up by the roots, clear stumps from (land), deriv. of the n.] stub2 /stub/, adj. stocky; squat. [1705-15; special use of STUB1] |
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