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Stiff behaviour is rather formal and not very friendly or relaxed.
例句
She looked at him with a stiff smile...
她看著他，臉上擠出生硬的一笑。
They always seemed a little awkward with each other, a bit stiff and formal.
他們?cè)谝黄鹚坪蹩偸怯X(jué)得有點(diǎn)別扭，有點(diǎn)拘謹(jǐn)，不太隨意。
ADJ-GRADED
艱難的;嚴(yán)厲的;激烈的
Stiff can be used to mean difficult or severe.
例句
The film faces stiff competition for the Best Film nomination...
這部電影在角逐最佳影片提名時(shí)面臨著激烈的競(jìng)爭(zhēng)。
Under Greece's stiff anti-drugs laws they could face twenty years in jail.
根據(jù)希臘嚴(yán)厲的反毒品法律，他們將面臨 20 年監(jiān)禁。
ADJ-GRADED
(酒)烈性的，酒精度數(shù)高的
A stiff drink is a large amount of a strong alcoholic drink.
例句
...a stiff whisky.
一杯烈性的威士忌
ADJ-GRADED
(風(fēng))強(qiáng)勁的，猛烈的
A stiff wind is blowing quite strongly.
例句
Next morning dawned clear and sunny, with a stiff breeze rustling the trees.
次日一大早,天空晴朗無(wú)云，大風(fēng)吹得樹(shù)木沙沙作響。
ADV
十分;極其;完全
If you are bored stiff, worried stiff, or scared stiff, you are extremely bored, worried, or scared.
例句
Anna tried to look interested. Actually, she was bored stiff...
安娜努力裝出感興趣的樣子。實(shí)際上，她膩煩透了。
I was scared stiff when I realized what I'd done.
當(dāng)我意識(shí)到自己的所作所為時(shí)，我嚇壞了。
英漢詞典釋義
n.
僵硬;生硬,不自然;頑固
She complained of stiffness in her joints. Accordingly she was admitted to hospital for further tests.
她訴說(shuō)自己的關(guān)節(jié)不靈活,于是被留院作進(jìn)一步檢查。
The stiffness and self-consciousness soon disappeared.
那種不自然和害羞的感覺(jué)不久便消失了。
英英詞典釋義
Noun
1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty;
"he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"3. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
4. excessive sternness;
"severity of character""the harshness of his punishment was inhuman""the rigors of boot camp"
行業(yè)詞典