stick
n
1 [C] short thin piece of wood used as a support, as a weapon or as firewood (作支持物、 武器或柴火的)棍, 棒, 柴枝
collect dry sticks to make a fire 拾些乾柴生火
cut sticks to support peas in the garden 砍些小樹枝以支撐園子里的豌豆.
2 [C] = walking-stick (walk1)
The old man cannot walk without a stick. 那位老先生離開手杖就走不了路.
3 [C] implement used to hit and direct the ball in hockey, polo, etc (曲棍球、 馬球等的)球棍.
4 [C] (often in compounds 常用以構成復合詞) long thin rod-shaped piece of a substance 細長如棍之物; 棒狀物; 條狀物
sticks of celery, chalk, charcoal, dynamite, rhubarb, wax 一根根的芹菜、 粉筆、 木炭、 炸藥、 食用大黃、 蠟
brass candlesticks 黃銅燭臺.
5 [C] conductor's baton 指揮棒.
6 [C] set of bombs dropped one after the other so that they fall in a row 連續投下的一串炸彈.
7 [C usu pl 通常作復數]
~ (of sth) (infml 口) piece (of furniture) (家具的)件
These few sticks (of furniture) are all he has left. 這幾件(家具)就是他留下的全部物品了.
8 [C] (infml 口) person of the specified type, esp a dull or an unsociable one 某種類型的人; (尤指)呆頭呆腦的人, 不善交際的人
He's a rather boring old stick. 他是個相當乏味的家伙.
9 the sticks [pl]
(infml 口) rural areas far from cities 遠離城市的邊遠地方
live (out) in the sticks 住在遠離城市的邊遠地方.
10 (idm 習語) be in a cleft stick => cleave1. the big stick => big. the carrot and the stick => carrot. get the wrong end of the stick => wrong. get/take stick (from sb) (infml 口) be punished or treated severely 受到嚴懲或嚴厲對待
The government has taken a lot of stick from the press recently. 政府近來受到新聞界猛烈抨擊. give sb `stick (infml 口) punish or treat sb severely 嚴懲或嚴厲對待某人. a rod/stick to beat sb with => beat1. up sticks => up v.
stick v (pt, pp stuck )
1
(a) [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
~ sth in/into/through sth; ~ sth in/through push or thrust (esp sth pointed) into, through, etc sth 插入或刺穿某物(尤指用尖物)
Stick the fork into the potato. 用叉子插土豆.
The cushion was stuck full of pins. 針插上插滿了針.
(b) [Ipr, Ip]
~ in/into/through sth; ~ in/through (of sth pointed) be pushed or thrust into or through sth and remain in position (指尖物)插入或穿入某物中
The needle stuck in my finger. 針扎進我的手指了.
I found a nail sticking in the tyre. 我發現輪胎上扎著一根釘子.
Your umbrella is sticking into my back. 你的傘戳著我的背了.
2 [I, Ipr, Ip, Tn, Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(cause sth to) become fixed, joined or fastened with a sticky substance (將某物)粘牢, 粘住, 粘在一起
This glue doesn't stick very well. 這種膠水粘不住.
The dough stuck to my fingers. 生面團粘在我的手指上了.
stick a stamp on a letter 把郵票貼在信上
stick a broken cup (back) together 把破了的杯子(重新)粘在一起.
3 [Tn.pr, Tn.p]
(infml 口) put or fix (sth) in a position or place, esp quickly or carelessly 把(某物)放置在某處或固定在某位置上[尤指匆促地或粗心地)
stick up a notice on the notice-board 把布告貼在布告牌上
He stuck the pen behind his ear. 他把筆夾在耳朵上.
Stick the books on the table, will you? 把書放在桌子上, 好嗎?
4 [I, Ipr] ~ (in sth) be or become fixed in one place and unable to move 卡在某處不能移動
This drawer sticks badly. 這個抽屜卡得死死的.
The key stuck in the lock. 鑰匙在鎖中卡住了.
The bus stuck in the mud. 公共汽車陷在泥里了.
5 [Tn] (infml 口) (in negative sentences and questions 用於否...
?? 考研助記
病人(sick)柱著形如傘柄(t)的 棍棒
?? 擴展釋義
*[stik]n. 棍, 棒, 刺, 枯枝, 莖, 條狀物vt. 插進, 刺入, 釘住, 伸出, 粘貼, 停止vi. 粘住, 停留, 堅持, 陷住, 伸出【醫】 桿, 條; 粘著相關詞組: stick around stick at sth stick at nothing stick out stick to sth stick together stick down stick in stick it on stick like a bur stick like a limpet stick on stick out for stick up stick up to get the wrong end of the stick stick one's neck out be on the stick cut one's stick give sb the stick hold a stick to hop the stick in a cleft stick