单词：stiffs
音标：[stɪf] ；
a. 呆板的；坚硬的；严厉的；拘谨的；拘谨的
adv. 僵硬地；彻底地
n. 死尸；令人讨厌者；流通票据；劳动者
vt. 亏待侍者等
vi. 在商业上惨败
adv. 僵硬地；彻底地
n. 死尸；令人讨厌者；流通票据；劳动者
vt. 亏待侍者等
vi. 在商业上惨败
n. an ordinary man
n. the dead body of a human being
n. the dead body of a human being
stiff的用法和样例：
例句
用作形容词(adj.)
- Shoes are often stiff when they are new.新鞋刚穿起来常常都是硬邦邦的。
- She cleaned the sink with a stiff brush.她用硬毛刷清洗水槽。
- His legs felt stiff from having sat for so long.由于坐得太久，他的双腿感到僵直。
- He has to take a stiff test before he is qualified.在取得资格之前,他必须通过一次艰难的考试。
- Her rather stiff manner puts people off.她那相当生硬的态度使人们都不敢来。
- After two months of working, Ann was not as stiff as she used to be.经过两个月的工作,安再也不像以前那样拘谨了。
- That was a shock I need a stiff drink!这可真吓人－－我得喝点烈酒了。
用作副词(adv.)
- The opera bored me stiff.这个歌剧真把我腻烦透了。
- Through this ordeal Heng lay stiff and silent.在这个严酷的考验中，恒一直僵硬地躺着，默不作声。
- Once he thought of him with a shudder, lying cold and stiff at the bottom of some shallow stream, with his dead face turned toward the darkening sky.有一回，他不寒而栗地想到乔治冰冷僵硬地躺在一条浅浅的溪水里，死去的脸朝着黑沉沉的天空。
常见句型
用作形容词(adj.)
用作定语～+ n.- There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那个抽屉里有块硬纸板。
- The lawyer nodded a stiff greeting.那个律师不自然地点头示意。
- I need a stiff whisky.我想喝点烈性的威士忌。
- He suffered a stiff punishment.他遭受了严厉的惩罚。
- We passed a stiff examination.我们刚通过了一次艰难的考试。
- The army encountered stiff resistance from rebels in the hills.部队在山里遭到叛乱者顽强的抵抗。
- He asked a stiff price for his used car.他给自己的旧车开高价。
- The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.这黏土非常稠,我们须用水使它变得稀一些。
- The old man's joints were stiff.那个老人的关节不灵活了。
- Their manner was rather stiff.他们的态度很生硬。
- Competition is stiff here.这里的竞争很激烈。
- The asking price is too stiff.那个要价太高。
- He is stiff with wounded left leg.他因左腿受伤而行动困难。
- He is very stiff with strangers.他在陌生人面前很拘谨。
- The paintbrush was too stiff to use.画笔太硬了,没法用。
词汇搭配
用作形容词 (adj.)
动词+～- feel stiff感到(肌肉)僵硬
- go stiff变得僵硬
- be stiff in manners态度生硬
- be stiff in reading(书)不容易看懂
- be stiff with cold冻僵
- be stiff with sb对某人冷淡
经典引文
The starched napkin hung stiff as a board.
出自：B. BainbridgeHer husband wore stiff collars.
出自：S. Eldred