stiff
adj. 嚴厲的; 僵硬的,堅硬的; 呆板的,拘謹的; 頑固的
adv. <口>極度地,非常
n. 死屍; 笨蛋,傻瓜; 流動工人; 吝嗇鬼窮光蛋
vt. 詐騙; 失信
Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily.
The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat...
傢俱又硬又不舒服,太不結實而且太小巧。
His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff...
他那條防水褲嶄新筆挺。
Something such as a door or drawer that is stiff does not move as easily as it should.
Train doors have handles on the inside. They are stiff so that they cannot be opened accidentally.
火車車門內側有把手。把手都很緊,防止意外開啟。
If you are stiff, your muscles or joints hurt when you move, because of illness or because of too much exercise.
The Mud Bath is particularly recommended for relieving tension and stiff muscles...
特別推薦想要放鬆情緒、緩解肌肉痠痛的人泡泥漿浴。
I'm stiff all over right now — I hope I can recover for tomorrow's race.
我現在全身痠痛——希望明天比賽時能恢復過來。
Stiff behaviour is rather formal and not very friendly or relaxed.
She looked at him with a stiff smile...
她看著他,臉上擠出生硬的一笑。
They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal.
他們在一起似乎總是覺得有點彆扭,有點拘謹,不太隨意。
Stiff can be used to mean difficult or severe.
The film faces stiff competition for the Best Film nomination...
這部電影在角逐最佳影片提名時面臨著激烈的競爭。
Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail.
根據希臘嚴厲的反毒品法律,他們將面臨 20 年監禁。
A stiff drink is a large amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
...a stiff whisky.
一杯烈性的威士忌
A stiff wind is blowing quite strongly.
Next morning dawned clear and sunny, with a stiff breeze rustling the trees.
次日一大早,天空晴朗無雲,大風吹得樹木沙沙作響。
If you are bored stiff, worried stiff, or scared stiff, you are extremely bored, worried, or scared.
Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff...
安娜努力裝出感興趣的樣子。實際上,她膩煩透了。
I was scared stiff when I realized what I'd done.
當我意識到自己的所作所為時,我嚇壞了。
1. an ordinary man;
2. the dead body of a human being
1. lacking ease in bending; not limber;
2. not moving or operating freely;
3. powerful;
4. rigidly formal;
5. hard to overcome or surmount;
6. of a collar; standing up rather than folded down;
7. incapable of or resistant to bending;
8. very drunk
1. extremely;
2. in a stiff manner;
stiff as a board
(非正式)(人或身體某部位)非常僵硬的
a stiff upper lip
堅定沉著,感情不外露,堅忍
The judge imposed a stiff sentence.
法官做出了嚴厲的判決.
The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.
這粘土非常稠, 我們須用水使它變得稀一些.
A stiff collar may chafe your neck.
硬的衣領會擦傷你的脖子.
Only a few students passed the exam, so you can see that the paper must have been extremely stiff.
只有幾個學生透過了考試, 可見考題是很難的.
You have to push on the handle to turn it — it's very stiff.
手柄很不靈活,你必須用力推才能轉動它.