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1. Oxford Dictionary

   stiff

   • IPA[stɪf]

   英式

   • adj.
     not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid；(of a semi-liquid substance) viscous; thick
   • n.
     a dead body.；a boring, conventional person
   • v.
     cheat (someone) out of something, especially money；fail to leave (someone) a tip.

   • verb: stiff, 3rd person present: stiffs, gerund or present participle: stiffing, past tense: stiffed, past participle: stiffed

   • noun: stiff, plural noun: stiffs

2. • 釋義
   • 片語

   adj.

   形容詞

   • 1. not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid a stiff black collar stiff cardboard 同義詞 rigid, hard, firm, hardened, inelastic, ... 更多non-flexible, inflexible, ungiving, rareimpliable, unmalleable反義詞 flexible, plastic, limp
   • ▪ (of a semi-liquid substance) viscous; thick add wheat until the mixture is quite stiff
   • ▪ not moving as freely as is usual or desirable; difficult to turn or operate a stiff drawer the shower tap is a little stiff
   • ▪ (of a person or part of the body) unable to move easily and without pain he was stiff from sitting on the desk a stiff back 同義詞 aching, achy, painful, arthritic, rheumatic, ... 更多taut, tight, informalcreaky, rheumaticky, rusty, archaicstark反義詞 supple, limber
   • ▪ (of a person or their manner) not relaxed or friendly; constrained she greeted him with stiff politeness 同義詞 formal, reserved, unfriendly, chilly, cold, ... 更多frigid, icy, austere, unrelaxed, brittle, stand-offish, wooden, forced, constrained, strained, stilted, prim, punctilious, stuffy, informalstarchy, uptight反義詞 relaxed, informal
   • 2. severe or strong they face stiff fines and a possible jail sentence a stiff increase in taxes 同義詞 harsh, severe, hard, punitive, punishing, ... 更多stringent, swingeing, crippling, rigorous, drastic, strong, heavy, draconian反義詞 lenient, mild
   • ▪ (of a wind) blowing strongly a stiff breeze stirring the lake 同義詞 strong, vigorous, powerful, brisk, fresh, ... 更多gusty, howling反義詞 gentle
   • ▪ requiring strength or effort; difficult a long stiff climb up the bare hillside 同義詞 difficult, hard, arduous, tough, strenuous, ... 更多laborious, uphill, exacting, demanding, formidable, challenging, punishing, back-breaking, gruelling, Herculean, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, informalkilling, hellish, knackering, archaictoilsome反義詞 easy
   • ▪ (of an alcoholic drink) strong a stiff measure of brandy 同義詞 strong, potent, alcoholic, spirituous, intoxicant反義詞 weak
   • 3. informal full of the place is stiff with alarm systems
   • 4. informal having a specified unpleasant feeling to an extreme extent she was scared stiff I was bored stiff with my project

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a dead body.
   • 2. North American a boring, conventional person ordinary working stiffs in respectable offices
   • 3. British a sports club's reserve team.

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. North American cheat (someone) out of something, especially money several workers were stiffed out of their pay
   • ▪ fail to leave (someone) a tip.
   • 2. North American ignore (someone) deliberately; snub the stars are notorious for stiffing their hosts and sponsors at banquets
   • 3. kill (someone) I want to get those pigs who stiffed your doctor
   • ▪ (of a commercial venture or product) be unsuccessful as soon as he began singing about the wife and kids, his albums stiffed

   片語

   • stiff as a board
   • a stiff upper lip