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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