stub
n
1 short end piece or stump remaining from a pencil, cigarette or similarly-shaped object; butt (鉛筆、 香煙等物的)殘段, 殘端; 鉛筆頭; 煙蒂
The crayon had been worn down to a stub. 這枝蠟筆用得只剩一小段了.
The dog only has a stub of a tail, ie a very short one. 這條狗的尾巴很短.
2 counterfoil 票根; 存根: fill in a cheque stub 填寫支票的存根. stub, v (-bb-)
1 [Tn, Tn.pr]
~ sth (against/on sth) strike (esp one's toe) accidentally against sth hard 使(尤指腳趾)碰到某物
I've stubbed my toe on a rock. 我的腳趾碰到石頭上了.
2 (phr v) stub sth out extinguish (esp a cigarette) by pressing it against sth hard (在硬物上)碾滅(尤指香煙).