stick
柯林斯詞典
- NOUN USES
1. N-COUNT A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. 枝條
...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. …背著成捆枯枝當(dāng)柴火賣的人。
2. N-COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. 棍
...lollipop sticks. …棒棒糖棍。
...drum sticks. …鼓槌。
3. N-COUNT Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks. 球棒
...lacrosse sticks. …長(zhǎng)曲棍球球球棒。
...hockey sticks. …曲棍球棒。
4. N-COUNT A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. 條狀物
...a stick of celery. …一根芹菜。
5. N-COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals. 拐杖; (襲擊用的) 棍子[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]
He wore a grey suit and leaned heavily on his stick. 他身著灰色西服,吃力地倚著手杖。
6. PHRASE If someone gets the wrong end of the stick or gets hold of the wrong end of the stick, they do not understand something correctly and get the wrong idea about it. 誤解[非正式]
I think someone has got the wrong end of the stick. They should have established the facts before speaking out. 我想有人誤解了。他們本應(yīng)該在查證事實(shí)之后再發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。
PHRASE
1. V-T If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. 隨意放置[非正式]
He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer. 他把文件折起扔進(jìn)書(shū)桌抽屜里。
2. V-T/V-I If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole. 使扎入; 扎入
They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back. 他們派來(lái)很多男護(hù)士,在我的背部扎了根針。
3. V-I If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. 伸出
They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water. 他們位于從那臺(tái)起重機(jī)上摔下的地方,部分露在水面。
4. V-T If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, Scotch tape, or another sticky substance. 粘貼
Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card. 別忘了剪下代金券,并貼在你的卡上。
5. V to support (a plant) with sticks; stake 用小棍支撐(植物)
6. V-I If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. 粘住
The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough. 土粘在刃上,卡住了犁。
Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake. 如果蠟紙粘住蛋糕底部,就把它撕掉。
7. V-I If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. 經(jīng)久留駐
The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country. 那個(gè)事件令我難以忘懷,因?yàn)槟鞘俏铱吹降哪莻€(gè)國(guó)家的第一例種族歧視事件。
8. V-I If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. 卡住
The needle on the dial went right around to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck. 刻度盤(pán)上的指針一下轉(zhuǎn)到了50英尺處,即其所能達(dá)到的最大刻度,然后卡在了那里。
9. →see also stuck
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stick /st?k/ (sticks)
VERB USES
stick /st?k/ (sticking,stuck,sticks)
劍橋詞典
- a bundle of sticks
- We go to the park and I throw sticks for the dog to run and pick up.
- He managed to fend off his attackers with a stick.
- The last time I saw Rachel she was hobbling around with a stick.
- The ball deflected off my hockey stick, straight into the goal .
stick noun (THIN PIECE)
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]a thin piece of wood or other material
枝條;木條,木棍
The old man was carrying a load of sticks. 那個(gè)老人抱著一捆樹(shù)枝。
Police said that the child had been beaten with a stick. 警方說(shuō)那個(gè)孩子被人用木棍打了。
Find some dry sticks and we'll make a campfire . 找些干樹(shù)枝,我們來(lái)點(diǎn)堆篝火。
A lollipop is a sweet on a stick. 棒棒糖是一團(tuán)裹在小棍上的糖。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] mainly UK (US usually cane)
a long , thin wooden pole that especially old or injured people use to help them walk
(尤指長(zhǎng)者或傷者用的)手杖,拐杖
a walking stick 拐杖
At 84 he's still quite active , although he walks with the aid of a stick. 他84歲了,雖然走路需要拄著拐杖,可仍舊非常硬朗。
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a long , thin piece of wood used in playing various sports
(曲棍球或兜網(wǎng)球)球棍;(馬球)球桿
a hockey /lacrosse /polo stick 曲棍球球棍/兜網(wǎng)球球棍/馬球球桿
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ]
a long , thin piece of something
條狀物;棍狀物
carrot /bread sticks 胡蘿卜條/面包棍
a stick of celery /rhubarb /chewing gum /chalk /dynamite 一根芹菜/一棵大黃/一片口香糖/一根粉筆/一根雷管
[ 可數(shù)名詞:有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] US
a car with a stick shift
手動(dòng)汽車
Do you drive a stick? 你開(kāi)手動(dòng)車嗎?
?stick of furniture
informal
a piece of furniture
一件家具
When they got married , they didn't have a stick of furniture . 他們結(jié)婚時(shí),一件家具都沒(méi)有。
?take a stick to sb/sth
to hit someone or something with a long , thin piece of wood
用木棍打,對(duì)…棍棒相向
He said that when he was a boy , his father used to take a stick to him to punish him. 他說(shuō)他小的時(shí)候,他爸爸經(jīng)常用棍子懲罰他。
例句
stick noun (CRITICISM)
[ 不可數(shù)或單數(shù)名詞:沒(méi)有復(fù)數(shù)形式的名詞 ] UK informalsevere criticism
指責(zé),苛責(zé);批評(píng)
I really got/took stick from my boss about being late for work again. 我因?yàn)樯习嘤诌t到了,被老板狠狠數(shù)落了一通。
We gave him some stick for wearing that silly hat . 他戴著那頂愚蠢透頂?shù)拿弊樱晃覀兣u(píng)了一通。
stick noun (COUNTRYSIDE)
?the sticks [ 名詞的復(fù)數(shù)形式 ] informal disapprovingan area in the countryside that is far from a town or city
偏僻鄉(xiāng)村,偏遠(yuǎn)地區(qū)
I'm sick of living in the sticks. 我受夠了偏僻鄉(xiāng)村的生活。
They live out in the sticks somewhere . 他們住在某個(gè)偏遠(yuǎn)的地方。
習(xí)語(yǔ)
a stick to beat sb withsticks and stones may break my bones, (but words can never hurt me)
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