stiff 音标拼音: [st'ɪf]
a .
坚硬的,严厉的,呆板的,生硬的,刚强的,猛烈的,粘的,稠的,艰难的
n . 死尸
坚硬的,严厉的,呆板的,生硬的,刚强的,猛烈的,粘的,稠的,艰难的死屍
stiff adv 1 :
extremely ; "
bored stiff "; "
frightened stiff "
2 :
in a stiff manner ; "
his hands lay stiffly " [
synonym : {
stiffly },
{
stiff }]
adj 1 :
not moving or operating freely ; "
a stiff hinge "
2 :
powerful ; "
a stiff current "; "
a stiff breeze "
3 :
rigidly formal ; "
a starchy manner "; "
the letter was stiff and formal "; "
his prose has a buckram quality " [
synonym : {
starchy },
{
stiff }, {
buckram }]
4 :
having a strong physiological or chemical effect ; "
a potent toxin "; "
potent liquor "; "
a potent cup of tea ", "
a stiff drink " [
synonym : {
potent }, {
strong }, {
stiff }] [
ant : {
impotent }]
5 :
marked by firm determination or resolution ;
not shakable ;
"
firm convictions "; "
a firm mouth "; "
steadfast resolve "; "
a man of unbendable perseverence "; "
unwavering loyalty " [
synonym :
{
firm }, {
steadfast }, {
steady }, {
stiff }, {
unbendable },
{
unfaltering }, {
unshakable }, {
unwavering }]
6 :
incapable of or resistant to bending ; "
a rigid strip of metal "; "
a table made of rigid plastic "; "
a palace guardsman stiff as a poker "; "
stiff hair "; "
a stiff neck " [
synonym :
{
rigid }, {
stiff }]
7 :
very drunk [
synonym : {
besotted }, {
blind drunk }, {
blotto },
{
crocked }, {
cockeyed }, {
fuddled }, {
loaded }, {
pie -
eyed },
{
pissed }, {
pixilated }, {
plastered }, {
slopped }, {
sloshed },
{
smashed }, {
soaked }, {
soused }, {
sozzled }, {
squiffy }, {
stiff },
{
tight }, {
wet }]
n 1 :
an ordinary man ; "
a lucky stiff "; "
a working stiff "
2 :
the dead body of a human being ; "
the cadaver was intended for dissection "; "
the end of the police search was the discovery of a corpse "; "
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river "; "
honor comes to bless the turf that wraps their clay " [
synonym : {
cadaver }, {
corpse }, {
stiff }, {
clay },
{
remains }]
Stiff \
Stiff \,
a . [
Compar . {
Stiffer };
superl . {
Stiffest }.] [
OE .
stif ,
AS .
st [
imac ]
f ;
akin to D .
stijf ,
G .
steif ,
Dan .
stiv ,
Sw .
styf ,
Icel .
st [
imac ]
fr ,
Lith .
stipti to be stiff ;
cf .
L .
stipes a post ,
trunk of a tree ,
stipare to press ,
compress .
Cf . {
Costive }, {
Stifle }, {
Stipulate }, {
Stive }
to stuff .]
1 .
Not easily bent ;
not flexible or pliant ;
not limber or flaccid ;
rigid ;
firm ;
as ,
stiff wood ,
paper ,
joints .
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[
They ]
rising on stiff pennons ,
tower The mid aerial sky . --
Milton .
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2 .
Not liquid or fluid ;
thick and tenacious ;
inspissated ;
neither soft nor hard ;
as ,
the paste is stiff .
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3 .
Firm ;
strong ;
violent ;
difficult to oppose ;
as ,
a stiff gale or breeze .
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4 .
Not easily subdued ;
unyielding ;
stubborn ;
obstinate ;
pertinacious ;
as ,
a stiff adversary .
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It is a shame to stand stiff in a foolish argument .
--
Jer .
Taylor .
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A war ensues :
the Cretans own their cause ,
Stiff to defend their hospitable laws . --
Dryden .
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5 .
Not natural and easy ;
formal ;
constrained ;
affected ;
starched ;
as ,
stiff behavior ;
a stiff style .
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The French are open ,
familiar ,
and talkative ;
the Italians stiff ,
ceremonious ,
and reserved .
--
Addison .
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6 .
Harsh ;
disagreeable ;
severe ;
hard to bear . [
Obs .
or Colloq .] "
This is stiff news ." --
Shak .
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7 . (
Naut .)
Bearing a press of canvas without careening much ;
as ,
a stiff vessel ; --
opposed to {
crank }. --
Totten .
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8 .
Very large ,
strong ,
or costly ;
powerful ;
as ,
a stiff charge ;
a stiff price . [
Slang ]
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{
Stiff neck },
a condition of the neck such that the head can not be moved without difficulty and pain .
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Syn :
Rigid ;
inflexible ;
strong ;
hardly ;
stubborn ;
obstinate ;
pertinacious ;
harsh ;
formal ;
constrained ;
affected ;
starched ;
rigorous .
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522 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stiff ":
Arab ,
Bowery bum ,
Latinate ,
a bit much ,
abandoned ,
abusive ,
adamant ,
adamantine ,
afflictive ,
alcoholic ,
all thumbs ,
aloof ,
arduous ,
arid ,
artificial ,
ashes ,
austere ,
awkward ,
balker ,
balky horse ,
barren ,
beach bum ,
beachcomber ,
beggar ,
beggarly fellow ,
blah ,
blank ,
blighter ,
blind ,
blind drunk ,
bloodless ,
blotto ,
blue -
collar worker ,
blunderheaded ,
blundering ,
bo ,
body ,
bold ,
bombastic ,
bones ,
boorish ,
boundless ,
breadwinner ,
brisk ,
brittle ,
buckram ,
budmash ,
bum ,
bumbling ,
bummer ,
bungling ,
butterfingered ,
cadaver ,
caitiff ,
carcass ,
careless ,
carrion ,
cartilaginous ,
cast -
iron ,
casual ,
casual laborer ,
ceremonious ,
challenging ,
characterless ,
cheapskate ,
chewy ,
chilly ,
clay ,
clownish ,
clumsy ,
clumsy -
fisted ,
cohesive ,
cold ,
colorless ,
common laborer ,
compact ,
cool ,
coriaceous ,
corpse ,
corpus delicti ,
costly ,
cramped ,
crock ,
crowbait ,
cruel ,
cumbersome ,
cumbrous ,
day laborer ,
dead ,
dead as mutton ,
dead body ,
dead man ,
dead person ,
dear ,
dear -
bought ,
decedent ,
dense ,
derelict ,
determined ,
devil ,
difficult ,
dismal ,
distressing ,
dog ,
dogged ,
dogie ,
dour ,
draggy ,
drastic ,
drearisome ,
dreary ,
drifter ,
drunkard ,
dry ,
dry bones ,
dryasdust ,
dull ,
durable ,
dust ,
dusty ,
earth ,
effete ,
egregious ,
elephantine ,
embalmed corpse ,
employee ,
empty ,
energetic ,
enormous ,
etiolated ,
exaggerated ,
excessive ,
excruciating ,
exhausting ,
exorbitant ,
expensive ,
extravagant ,
extreme ,
fabulous ,
factory worker ,
fade ,
fancy ,
fatiguing ,
fibrous ,
fingers all thumbs ,
firm ,
fit for sea ,
flat ,
flinty ,
flunky ,
food for worms ,
forced ,
forceful ,
formal ,
free lance ,
free -
lancer ,
fresh ,
full -
time worker ,
fumbling ,
fundamentalist ,
gamin ,
gamine ,
garron ,
gauche ,
gawkish ,
gawky ,
gigantic ,
gluttonous ,
goat ,
gone to seed ,
good -
for -
naught ,
good -
for -
nothing ,
graceless ,
grim ,
gristly ,
guinde ,
gusty ,
guttersnipe ,
hack ,
had ,
halting ,
ham -
fisted ,
ham -
handed ,
hand ,
hard ,
hard -
core ,
hardened ,
hardy ,
harrowing ,
harsh ,
haughty ,
heavy ,
heavy -
handed ,
helpless ,
hidebound ,
high ,
high -
priced ,
ho -
hum ,
hobo ,
hollow ,
homeless waif ,
howling ,
hulking ,
hulky ,
human wreck ,
hurtful ,
hyperbolic ,
hypertrophied ,
idler ,
immoderate ,
immovable ,
immutable ,
implacable ,
impliable ,
in buckram ,
inane ,
incontinent ,
indomitable ,
industrial worker ,
inelastic ,
inelegant ,
inexcitable ,
inexorable ,
inflexible ,
inkhorn ,
inordinate ,
insipid ,
intemperate ,
intense ,
intransigent ,
iron ,
ironbound ,
ironclad ,
ironhanded ,
irreconcilable ,
jade ,
jejune ,
jobber ,
jobholder ,
jughead ,
labored ,
laborer ,
laboring man ,
laborious ,
landloper ,
lasting ,
late lamented ,
lazzarone ,
leaden ,
leatherlike ,
leathery ,
left -
hand ,
left -
handed ,
lifeless ,
loafer ,
losel ,
loutish ,
low -
spirited ,
lowlife ,
lubberly ,
lumbering ,
lumpish ,
luxurious ,
maladroit ,
mannered ,
mauvais sujet ,
mean wretch ,
menial ,
merciless ,
migrant ,
miser ,
moiler ,
monstrous ,
mortal remains ,
mucker ,
mudlark ,
mummification ,
mummy ,
muscle -
bound ,
nag ,
navvy ,
no -
good ,
not affordable ,
oafish ,
obdurate ,
obstinate ,
of great cost ,
office temporary ,
on the downgrade ,
organic remains ,
orthodox ,
out ,
out cold ,
out of bounds ,
out of condition ,
out of shape ,
out of sight ,
out of training ,
outrageous ,
overbig ,
overcome ,
overdeveloped ,
overgreat ,
overgrown ,
overlarge ,
overmuch ,
overpowering ,
overweening ,
overwhelming ,
painful ,
pale ,
pallid ,
paralyzed ,
passed out ,
pauvre diable ,
pedantic ,
pedestrian ,
petrified ,
piker ,
pilgarlic ,
plodding ,
plug ,
pointless ,
pokerlike ,
poky ,
pompous ,
ponderous ,
poor creature ,
poor devil ,
potent ,
powerful ,
premium ,
pricey ,
prim ,
procrustean ,
proletarian ,
punishing ,
punitive ,
purist ,
puristic ,
puritan ,
puritanic ,
ragamuffin ,
ragman ,
ragpicker ,
ramrodlike ,
relentless ,
relics ,
reliquiae ,
remains ,
renitent ,
reserved ,
resistant ,
resolute ,
resolved ,
rich ,
rigid ,
rigorist ,
rigoristic ,
rigorous ,
roarer ,
rock -
ribbed ,
rockbound ,
rodlike ,
rogue ,
ropy ,
rosinante ,
rough ,
rounder ,
roustabout ,
run to seed ,
rusty ,
sad case ,
sad sack ,
salaried worker ,
scalawag ,
sea -
kindly ,
seaworthy ,
self -
employed person ,
servant ,
sesquipedalian ,
severe ,
sinewy ,
skeleton ,
ski bum ,
skid -
row bum ,
skinflint ,
slipping ,
sloppy ,
slow ,
snobbish ,
snooty ,
snug ,
soft ,
solemn ,
solid ,
solidified ,
spanking ,
spiritless ,
standoffish ,
starch ,
starched ,
starchy ,
stark ,
staunch ,
steady ,
steely ,
steep ,
sterile ,
stern ,
stiff as buckram ,
stiffened ,
stilted ,
stodgy ,
stone -
cold ,
stone -
dead ,
stoned ,
straightlaced ,
straitlaced ,
stray ,
street Arab ,
street urchin ,
stringy ,
strong ,
stubborn ,
stuffy ,
sumptuous ,
sundowner ,
superficial ,
surf bum ,
swagman ,
swagsman ,
tasteless ,
tatterdemalion ,
taut ,
tedious ,
temporary ,
tenacious ,
tender ,
tenement of clay ,
tennis bum ,
tense ,
the dead ,
the deceased ,
the defunct ,
the departed ,
the loved one ,
thick ,
tight ,
tightwad ,
tiring ,
toiler ,
toilsome ,
too much ,
top ,
tormenting ,
torturous ,
tough ,
tough as leather ,
tramp ,
truant ,
turgid ,
turnpiker ,
unaffected ,
unalterable ,
unbearable ,
unbending ,
unbridled ,
unchangeable ,
uncompromising ,
unconscionable ,
uncouth ,
under the table ,
undue ,
unflexible ,
unfriendly ,
ungainly ,
ungiving ,
ungraceful ,
unhandy ,
unlively ,
unmoved ,
unpayable ,
unreasonable ,
unrelaxed ,
unrelenting ,
unrestrained ,
untiring ,
unwieldy ,
unyielding ,
uphill ,
uptight ,
urchin ,
vag ,
vagabond ,
vagrant ,
vapid ,
vaurien ,
vigorous ,
virgate ,
viscid ,
wage earner ,
wage slave ,
wageworker ,
waif ,
waifs and strays ,
wastrel ,
waterproof ,
watertight ,
weatherly ,
whistler ,
wiry ,
wooden ,
worker ,
workgirl ,
workhand ,
working girl ,
workingman ,
workingwoman ,
workman ,
worthless fellow ,
wretch
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STIFF Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster The meaning of STIFF is not easily bent : rigid How to use stiff in a sentence Synonym Discussion of Stiff
STIFF Definition Meaning | Dictionary. com excessively regular or formal, as a design; not graceful in form or arrangement laborious or difficult, as a task severe or harsh, as a penalty or demand $50 is pretty stiff to pay for that to keep a stiff rein a stiff batter stiff soil Nautical (of a vessel) having a high resistance to rolling; stable ( crank 2)
STIFF | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary STIFF meaning: 1 firm or hard: 2 not easily bent or moved: 3 If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff… Learn more
Stiff - definition of stiff by The Free Dictionary Difficult to bend or fold: stiff new shoes; a stiff collar 2 a Not moving or operating easily or freely; resistant: a stiff hinge b Lacking ease or comfort of movement; not limber: a stiff neck 3 Not liquid, loose, or fluid; thick: stiff dough 4 a Reserved in manner or strict in observing decorum: a stiff commanding officer b
stiff adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . Definition of stiff adjective in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more
STIFF definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat His waterproof trousers were brand new and stiff Her fingers were stiff with cold inside her leather gloves Clean the mussels with a stiff brush under cold running water
Stiff Definition Meaning | Britannica Dictionary When I got out of bed this morning my back was stiff as a board Beat the egg whites until they are stiff Our host seemed somewhat stiff The troops encountered stiff resistance She managed to keep a stiff upper lip even as everything fell apart “Excuse me,” he said stiffly She was scared bored stiff The shirt was frozen stiff
stiff adjective - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage notes . . . when a person or a part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt when they move them I'm really stiff after that bike ride yesterday I've got a stiff neck thick; difficult to stir (= move around with a spoon) Whisk the egg whites until stiff more difficult or severe than usual It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill
Stiff - Definition, Meaning Synonyms - Vocabulary. com Stiff things don’t bend or move easily Dead bodies and tree branches are often stiff, and your back might feel stiff if you sit for too long But to stiff the wait staff is to skip the tip
stiff | definition in the Cambridge Essential American Dictionary stiff meaning: 1 hard and difficult to bend or move: 2 If a part of your body is stiff, it hurts and does not… Learn more
stiff | meaning of stiff in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English . . . stiff meaning, definition, what is stiff: if someone or a part of their body is st : Learn more
STIFF | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary STIFF definition: 1 firm or hard: 2 not easily bent or moved: 3 If you are stiff or part of your body is stiff… Learn more
STIFF definition in American English | Collins English Dictionary Something that is stiff is firm or does not bend easily The furniture was stiff, uncomfortable, too delicate, and too neat His gaberdine trousers were brand new and stiff
STIFF - Meaning Translations | Collins English Dictionary If you are stiff, your muscles or joints hurt when you move, because of illness or because of too much exercise [ ]
What does Stiff mean? - Definitions. net What does Stiff mean? This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Stiff An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education, often a working stiff or lucky stiff