| 单词 | stark |
| 释义 | stark —starkly, adv. —starkness, n. /stahrk/, adj., starker, starkest, adv. adj. 1. sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness. 2. harsh, grim, or desolate, as a view, place, etc.: a stark landscape. 3. extremely simple or severe: a stark interior. 4. bluntly or sternly plain; not softened or glamorized: the stark reality of the schedule's deadline. 5. stiff or rigid in substance, muscles, etc. 6. rigid in death. 7. Archaic. strong; powerful; massive or robust. adv. 8. utterly, absolutely, or quite: stark mad. 9. Chiefly Scot. and North Eng. in a stark manner; stoutly or vigorously. [bef. 900; (adj.) ME; OE stearc stiff, firm; c. G stark strong; akin to ON sterkr strong; akin to STARCH, STARE; (adv.) ME sterke, deriv. of the adj.] Syn. 2, 3. See austere, bare. |
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