stiff是什么意思_stiff怎么读_中英文释义(含例句用法)

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"

Adjective:

not moving or operating freely;"a stiff hinge"

powerful;"a stiff current"
"a stiff breeze"

rigidly formal;"a starchy manner"
"the letter was stiff and formal"
"his prose has a buckram quality"

having a strong physiological or chemical effect;"a potent toxin"
"potent liquor"
"a potent cup of tea"
"a stiff drink"

marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable;"firm convictions"
"a firm mouth"
"steadfast resolve"
"a man of unbendable perseverence"
"unwavering loyalty"

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"

very drunk

Adverb:

extremely;"bored stiff"
"frightened stiff"

in a stiff manner;"his hands lay stiffly"

中英词源

stiff 硬的，僵硬的，生硬的，艰难的

来自古英语 stif,硬的，僵硬的，来自 Proto-Germanic*stifaz,僵硬的，无弹性的，来自 PIE*steip, 压紧，打包，塞满，可能来自 PIE*steu,推，挤，击打，词源同 steep,stoop,stuff.

stiff: stiff: [OE] Stiff goes back to prehistoric Germanic *stīfaz ‘inflexible’, source also of German steif, Dutch stiff, Swedish styf, and Danish stiv. This in turn was descended from an Indo-European *stīpos, a derivative of the same base as produced Latin stīpāre ‘press, pack’ (source of English constipate and stevedore), Latvian stipt ‘stiffen’, and Lithuanian stiprùs ‘strong’.
=> constipation, stevedore
stiff (adj.): Old English stif "rigid, inflexible," from Proto-Germanic *stifaz "inflexible" (cognates: Dutch stijf, Old High German stif, German steif "stiff;" Old Norse stifla "choke"), from PIE *stipos-, from root *steip- "press together, pack, cram" (cognates: Sanskrit styayate "coagulates," stima "slow;" Greek stia, stion "small stone," steibo "press together;" Latin stipare "pack down, press," stipes "post, tree trunk;" Lithuanian stipti "stiffen," stiprus "strong;" Old Church Slavonic stena "wall"). Of battles and competitions, from mid-13c.; of liquor, from 1813. To keep a stiff upper lip is attested from 1815. Related: Stiffly.
stiff (v.): late 14c., "to make stiff," from stiff (adj.). Meaning "fail to tip" is from 1939, originally among restaurant and hotel workers, probably from stiff (n.), perhaps in slang sense of "corpse" (because dead men pay no tips), or from the "contemptible person" sense. Extended by 1950 to "cheat."
stiff (n.): "corpse, dead body," 1859, slang, from stiff (adj.) which had been associated with notion of rigor mortis since c. 1200. Meaning "working man" first recorded 1930, from earlier genitive sense of "contemptible person," but sometimes merely "man, fellow" (1882). Slang meaning "something or someone bound to lose" is 1890 (originally of racehorses), from notion of "corpse."

词态变化

比较级 stiffer;
最高级 stiffest;
副词 stiffly;
名词 stiffness;

权威造句

1. A stiff knee following surgery forced her to walk with a limp.: 手术后她的膝盖活动不便，走路时被迫跛行。

2. I was scared stiff when I realized what I"ddone.: 当我意识到自己的所作所为时，我吓坏了。

3. Whisk the egg whites until they are foamy but not stiff.: 把蛋清搅至起沫而不黏稠的程度。

4. The outer walls looked likely to tumble down in a stiff wind.: 外墙看起来一刮强风就会倒塌。

5. The pedals seem a bit off-centre and the clutch is rather stiff.: 踏板似乎有点偏心，离合器也相当紧。

近反义词

chilly

cold

cruel

firm

great

tough

相似短语

stiff concrete 稠混凝土

stiff end 固定端

stiff piston 刚性活塞

stiff market 价格坚挺的市场

stiff paste 浓膏

stiff price 【经】昂贵的价格

stiff collar 硬领

stiff grease n.硬脂,粘稠润滑脂

stiff spring 牵引弹簧

stiff flow 难流动(性)

单词分析

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记忆方法

1. perhaps cognate with or related with steep, stub, stip- / stipul- "stalk, straw".
2. PIE *stipos-, from root *steip- "press together, pack, cram" => stone, stipe, constipation, stevedore.
3. => Latin stipare "pack down, press," stipes "post, tree trunk".
4. stiffen => stiff.
5. akin to stifle, steeve.
6. 林正英的电影：《僵尸先生》：《Mr. Stiff Corpse》。
7. 谐音“是呆夫、死敌缚”。
8. 谐音“史蒂夫”-------史蒂夫·乔布斯性格强势、作风硬派，非常的坚强、强硬、顽固。并且现在他已经成为了一具死尸。

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