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Collins English-Chinese Dictionary
- stiff [stɪf]
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1.
adjective
[+brush, trousers]
硬挺的
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2.
adjective
[+paste]
稠的
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3.
adjective
[+person]
(with aching muscles) 酸痛的
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4.
adjective
[+neck, arm etc]
僵硬的
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5.
adjective
[+door, drawer, zip etc]
紧的
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6.
adjective
[+manner, smile]
生硬的
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7.
adjective
[+competition]
激烈的
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8.
adjective
[+sentence, law]
严厉的
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9.
adjective
[+whisky, brandy]
烈性的
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10.
adjective
[+breeze]
强劲的
- 11. adverb to be bored/scared stiff 讨厌/害怕极了
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1.
adjective
[+brush, trousers]
硬挺的
Comprehensive English-Chinese Dictionary
- stiff [stɪf] [stɪf]
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1.
adjective
硬的，僵（直）的；不易弯曲的
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2.
adjective
不易移动的；不灵活的
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3.
adjective
（绳子等）绷紧的，紧张的
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4.
adjective
（关节、肌肉等）一动就痛的
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5.
adjective
有关节（或肌肉）风湿的
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6.
adjective
粘的；稠的；（土质等）紧密的
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7.
adjective
强烈的，具体指（风等）猛烈的，狂暴的
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8.
adjective
强烈的，具体指（酒等）烈性的
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9.
adjective
强烈的，具体指有高效的
- a stiff dose of medicine
- 高疗效的药
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10.
adjective
强烈的，具体指用力的，强有力的
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11.
adjective
严厉的
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12.
adjective
艰难的，费力的；（比赛等）激烈的，不易对付的
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13.
adjective
拘谨的，局促的；不自然的，生硬的
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14.
adjective
刚强的；执拗的
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15.
adjective
[verbal]
昂贵的，过分的
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16.
adjective
[slang]
喝醉（酒）的
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17.
adjective
[navigation]
（船只）不易倾斜的
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18.
adverb
僵硬地
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19.
adverb
彻底地；极其
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20.
noun
[slang]
[American English]
死尸
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21.
noun
[slang]
[American English]
醉汉
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22.
noun
[slang]
拘谨（或呆板）的人
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23.
noun
[slang]
[American English]
笨拙（或粗鲁）的人
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24.
noun
[slang]
[American English]
游民，流浪汉
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25.
noun
[slang]
[American English]
工人
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26.
noun
[slang]
小费给得很少（或根本不给）的人
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27.
vt.
[slang]
[American English]
不给…小费，让…空手而去
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28.
adjective
[slang]
喝醉酒的；烂醉的
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29.
noun
[slang]
酒鬼
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30.
adjective
[slang]
死亡的（原为黑社会用语）
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31.
noun
[slang]
尸体（黑社会用语）
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32.
noun
[slang]
工作伙伴；流浪汉伙伴
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33.
vt.
[slang]
没有给某人想要的小费
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34.
vt.
[slang]
欺骗某人
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1.
adjective
硬的，僵（直）的；不易弯曲的
Collins English-English Dictionary
- stiff [stɪf]
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1.
adj
not easily bent; rigid; inflexible
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2.
adj
not working or moving easily or smoothly
- a stiff handle
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3.
adj
difficult to accept in its severity or harshness
- a stiff punishment
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4.
adj
moving with pain or difficulty; not supple
- a stiff neck
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5.
adj
difficult; arduous
- a stiff climb
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6.
adj
unrelaxed or awkward; formal
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7.
adj
firmer than liquid in consistency; thick or viscous
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8.
adj
powerful; strong
- a stiff breeze
- a stiff drink
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9.
adj
excessively high
- a stiff price
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10.
adj
[nautical]
(of a sailing vessel) relatively resistant to heeling or rolling - Compare tender
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11.
adj
lacking grace or attractiveness
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12.
adj
stubborn or stubbornly maintained
- a stiff fight
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13.
adj
[obsolete]
tightly stretched; taut
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14.
adj
[slang]
[chiefly Austral]
unlucky
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15.
adj
[slang]
intoxicated
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16.
adj
See lip
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17.
n
[slang]
a corpse
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18.
n
[slang]
anything thought to be a loser or a failure; flop
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19.
adv
completely or utterly
- bored stiff
- frozen stiff
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20.
vi.
[intr]
[slang]
to fail
- the film stiffed
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21.
vt.
[tr]
[slang]
[chiefly US]
to cheat or swindle
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22.
vt.
[tr]
[slang]
to kill
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23.
vt.
[Etymology]
Old English st
i f; related to Old Norse sti fla to dam up, Middle Low German sti f stiff, Latin sti pe s wooden post, sti pa re to press
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1.
adj
not easily bent; rigid; inflexible
Examples
- a stiff dose of medicine
- 高疗效的药 → stiff
- it/he bores me to tears {or} to death {or} stiff
- 它/他把我烦死了 → bore
- to be bored to tears {or} bored to death {or} bored stiff
- [inf] 厌烦得要死 → bore
- to be scared stiff {or} scared to death
- 吓得要命 → scared
- to keep a stiff upper lip
- [BRIT] 感情不外露 → stiff
- a stiff handle → stiff
- a stiff punishment → stiff
- a stiff neck → stiff
- a stiff climb → stiff
- a stiff breeze → stiff
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