stick

verb

推入 push sth in

1. 将…刺入（或插入）；刺；戳；插入
   to push sth, usually a sharp object, into sth; to be pushed into sth
   1. The nurse stuck the needle into my arm.
      护士把针扎进我的胳膊。
   2. Don't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage.
      不要把指头伸进笼子里。
   3. I found a nail sticking in the tyre.
      我发现轮胎上扎了一根钉子。

粘贴 attach

2. 粘贴；粘住
   to fix sth to sth else, usually with a sticky substance; to become fixed to sth in this way
   1. He stuck a stamp on the envelope.
      他把一张邮票贴到信封上。
   2. We used glue to stick the broken pieces together.
      我们用胶把碎片粘到一起。
   3. I stuck the photos into an album.
      我把照片贴到相册上。
   4. Her wet clothes were sticking to her body.
      湿衣服贴在她身上。
   5. The glue's useless─the pieces just won't stick.
      这种胶不行——这几片东西根本粘不住。

放置 put

3. （尤指迅速或随手）放置
   to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly
   1. Stick your bags down there.
      把你们的包搁到那儿吧。
   2. He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off.
      他把两手揣在口袋里溜达着走了。
   3. Can you stick this on the noticeboard?
      你能不能把这个贴到布告牌上？
   4. Peter stuck his head around the door and said, ‘Coffee, anyone?’
      彼得从门后伸进头来问：“咖啡，哪位要？”
   5. Stick 'em up! (= put your hands above your head─I have a gun)
      举起手来！
4. （无礼或生气地表示）对…不感兴趣
   used to say in a rude and angry way that you are not interested in what sb has, offers, does, etc.
   1. I got sick of my boss's moaning and told him he could stick the job.
      我烦透了老板的牢骚，便跟他说那活儿他自己干吧，我才不稀罕。

卡住 become fixed

5. （在某物中）卡住，陷住，动不了
   to become fixed in one position and impossible to move
   1. The key has stuck in the lock.
      钥匙卡在锁里了。
   2. This drawer keeps sticking.
      这个抽屉老卡住。

困境 difficult situation

6. 容忍；忍受
   to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation or person
   1. I don't know how you stick that job.
      我不知道那活儿你怎么受得了。
   2. The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend.
      问题是，我母亲不能接受我男朋友。
   3. John can't stick living with his parents.
      约翰受不了和父母住在一起。

被接受 become accepted

7. 被接受；被证明成立
   to become accepted
   1. The police couldn't make the charges stick (= show them to be true) .
      警方无法证明那些指控成立。
   2. His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck (= has become the name that everyone calls him) .
      朋友们称他巴特，这名字就叫开了。

纸牌游戏 in card games

8. 不再要牌
   to not take any more cards

noun

树木 from tree

1. 枝条；枯枝；柴火棍儿
   a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been broken from a tree
   1. We collected dry sticks to start a fire.
      我们捡了些枯枝生起火来。
   2. The boys were throwing sticks and stones at the dog.
      男孩子们朝那条狗扔枝条扔石头。
   3. Her arms and legs were like sticks (= very thin) .
      她胳膊和腿瘦得跟柴火棍儿似的。

走路 for walking

走路 for walking

体育运动 in sport

2. 球棍
   a long thin object that is used in some sports to hit or control the ball
   1. a hockey stick
      曲棍球球棍

条状物 long thin piece

3. 条状物；棍状物
   a long thin piece of sth
   1. a stick of dynamite
      一根炸药棒
   2. carrot sticks
      胡萝卜条
   3. a stick of butter
      一条黄油
4. （木料或塑料制成的有特定用途的）棍，条，签
   a thin piece of wood or plastic that you use for a particular purpose
   1. pieces of pineapple on sticks
      一串串插在小棍上的菠萝块

胶水等 of glue, etc.

5. 一管，一支（胶棒等）
   a quantity of a substance, such as solid glue, that is sold in a small container with round ends and straight sides, and can be pushed further out of the container as it is used

飞机；车辆 in plane/vehicle

6. （飞机的）操纵杆，驾驶杆
   the control stick of a plane
7. （车辆的）变速杆，换挡杆
   a handle used to change the gears of a vehicle

管弦乐队 for orchestra

8. 指挥棒
   a baton , used by the person who conducts an orchestra

批评 criticism

9. 批评；指责
   criticism or severe words
   1. The referee got a lot of stick from the home fans.
      裁判饱受主队球迷的指责。

乡村地区 country areas

10. 边远乡村地区
    country areas, a long way from cities
    1. We live out in the sticks .
       我们住在偏远的乡村。

人 person

11. 人；家伙
    a person
    1. He's not such a bad old stick .
       他老兄人不算坏。

NOUN USES 名词用法

1. N-COUNT 枯枝;柴枝
   A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree.
   1. ...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood.
      背着成捆的干树枝去当薪柴卖的人们
2. See also: He looks old and walks with a stick... Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets. carrot and stick
3. N-COUNT (用于某一特定用途的)木条，木棍
   A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose.
   1. ...kebab sticks.
      烤肉扦
   2. ...lolly sticks.
      冰棍棍
   3. ...drum sticks.
      鼓槌
4. N-COUNT (体育运动中使用的)杖，棍，棒
   Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks .
   1. ...lacrosse sticks.
      兜网球棍
   2. ...hockey sticks.
      曲棍球棍
   3. ...ski-sticks.
      滑雪杖
5. N-COUNT 条状物;棒状物;棍状物
   A stick of something is a long thin piece of it.
   1. ...a stick of celery.
      一根芹菜
   2. ...cinnamon sticks.
      肉桂条
6. N-UNCOUNT 严厉的批评;大肆的取笑
   If you give someone some stick, you criticize them or tease them roughly.
   1. It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public...
      对你批评最严厉的并不是驾车人，而是普通民众。
   2. I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind.
      我由于自己的信仰遭到了伙伴们的取笑，但我不在乎。
7. N-PLURAL 偏远乡村;边远地区
   If you say that someone lives in the sticks, you mean that they live a long way from any large cities.
   1. He lived out in the sticks somewhere.
      他住在某个偏远的乡村。
8. PHRASE 批评别人的依据
   If you say that something is a stick to beat someone with, you mean that it is used, or could be used, as a basis for criticism.
   1. Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
      不幸的是，经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
9. (完全)误解;错误地理解
   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.
10. PHRASE 很多
    If you say that there are more things than you could or can shake a stick at, you are emphasizing in a humorous way that there are a lot of them.
    1. ...a man with more medals than you can shake a stick at.
       拥有很多奖章的人

VERB USES 动词用法

1. VERB (随便地)放，搁，塞
   If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way.
   1. He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer...
      他将文件叠起来，塞进自己的书桌抽屉里。
   2. Jack opened his door and stuck his head out.
      杰克打开门，探出头来。
2. V-ERG 刺;扎;戳
   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.
   1. They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back...
      他们派来了很多男护士，在我的背上扎了一针。
   2. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night...
      有个小流氓昨晚扎了她一刀。
   3. The soldiers went at once to the mound and began to stick their bayonets through it...
      士兵们马上赶到土丘处，开始用刺刀往里戳。
   4. The knife stuck in the ground at his feet.
      刀扎在了他脚边的地上。
3. VERB 突出/扎进
   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.
   1. They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water...
      它们还在从起重机上掉落的地方，一部分露出水面。
   2. Something was sticking from the pocket of the little man's grimy shorts...
      小个子男人脏乎乎的短裤口袋里鼓鼓的，伸出来个什么东西。
   3. His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions.
      他的头发胡乱支棱着。
   4. ...when we see her with lots of tubes and needles sticking into her little body.
      当我们看到她瘦小的身体上插着很多导管和针头时
4. VERB (用胶水、胶带等)粘，粘贴
   If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, sticky tape, or another sticky substance.
   1. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card...
      别忘了剪下标志，贴到你的卡上。
   2. We just stuck it to the window...
      我们就把它贴在窗户上了。
   3. He has nowhere to stick up his posters...
      他没地方贴海报了。
   4. Stick down any loose bits of flooring.
      把松动的地板块都粘好。
5. VERB 黏附;附着在
   If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove.
   1. The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough...
      土粘在犁铧上，卡住了犁。
   2. Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake...
      如果蜡纸已粘在蛋糕的底部，就把它撕掉。
   3. If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together.
      煮好的面放置时间长了会变坨。
6. VERB 铭记在心;经久不忘
   If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time.
   1. The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country...
      这件事一直萦绕在我的脑海里，因为这是我在那个国家看到的首起种族主义实例。
   2. That song has stuck in my head for years.
      那首歌多年来一直铭记在我心中。
7. VERB (名字)流传开去，被众人采用
   If you give someone or something a name and the name sticks, it becomes the name which most people use to refer to that person or thing.
   1. A friend dubbed it 'The Sanctuary' and the name stuck.
      有位朋友戏谑地称它为“避难所”，然后这个名称就沿用了下来。
8. VERB (证明…)属实,成立
   If someone manages to make a charge or accusation stick, they show that the person accused is guilty of the crime or action they are accused of.
   1. I don't see how they'll make the charges stick...
      我不知道他们将如何证明这些指控属实。
   2. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
      但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。
9. VERB 固定不动
   If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position.
   1. The needle on the dial went right round to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck...
      仪表盘上的指针一下转到了 50 英尺处，也就是到头了，然后就停在那里不动了。
   2. The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard.
      匕首牢牢地卡在银质刀鞘中。
10. VERB 忍受;容忍
    If you are in an unpleasant or difficult situation and you say that you cannot stick it, you mean that you cannot bear to remain there long.
    1. Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it...
       我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。
    2. How long did you stick it for?
       你坚持了多久？
11. See also: stuck
12. PHRASE 去他的(工作);杵一边去
    If you say that someone can stick something, especially a job, or if you tell them where to stick it, you are rudely refusing it or emphasizing that you do not want it or like it.
    1. It's a rotten play, so they can stick it...
       这部剧糟透了，他们趁早拉倒吧。
    2. She then stormed out in a temper telling him to 'stick his job'.
       她接着怒气冲冲地走了出去，告诉他“去他妈的工作”。
13. to stick in your throat → see: throat

1. He looks old and walks with a stick
   他看起来很老，走路时拄着一根拐棍。
2. Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets.
   人群手持棍棒和石块走上了街头。
3. It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public
   对你批评最严厉的并不是驾车人，而是普通民众。
4. I get some stick from the lads because of my faith but I don't mind.
   我由于自己的信仰遭到了伙伴们的取笑，但我不在乎。
5. He lived out in the sticks somewhere.
   他住在某个偏远的乡村。
6. Unfortunately historic American fiction is constantly being used as a stick to beat contemporary British writers with.
   不幸的是，经典的美国小说经常被用来作为批评当代英国作家的依据。
7. He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer
   他将文件叠起来，塞进自己的书桌抽屉里。
8. Jack opened his door and stuck his head out.
   杰克打开门，探出头来。
9. They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back
   他们派来了很多男护士，在我的背上扎了一针。
10. Some punk stuck a knife in her last night
    有个小流氓昨晚扎了她一刀。
11. The soldiers went at once to the mound and began to stick their bayonets through it
    士兵们马上赶到土丘处，开始用刺刀往里戳。
12. The knife stuck in the ground at his feet.
    刀扎在了他脚边的地上。
13. They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water
    它们还在从起重机上掉落的地方，一部分露出水面。
14. Something was sticking from the pocket of the little man's grimy shorts
    小个子男人脏乎乎的短裤口袋里鼓鼓的，伸出来个什么东西。
15. His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions.
    他的头发胡乱支棱着。
16. Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card
    别忘了剪下标志，贴到你的卡上。
17. We just stuck it to the window
    我们就把它贴在窗户上了。
18. He has nowhere to stick up his posters
    他没地方贴海报了。
19. Stick down any loose bits of flooring.
    把松动的地板块都粘好。
20. The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough
    土粘在犁铧上，卡住了犁。
21. Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake
    如果蜡纸已粘在蛋糕的底部，就把它撕掉。
22. If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together.
    煮好的面放置时间长了会变坨。
23. The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country
    这件事一直萦绕在我的脑海里，因为这是我在那个国家看到的首起种族主义实例。
24. That song has stuck in my head for years.
    那首歌多年来一直铭记在我心中。
25. A friend dubbed it 'The Sanctuary' and the name stuck.
    有位朋友戏谑地称它为“避难所”，然后这个名称就沿用了下来。
26. I don't see how they'll make the charges stick
    我不知道他们将如何证明这些指控属实。
27. But legal experts are not sure if such a charge can stick.
    但法律专家们不能肯定这一指控是否成立。
28. Got a job bottle-washing at the brewery. I lasted a fortnight. I couldn't stick it
    我找了份在啤酒厂洗瓶子的工作。干了两星期，就再也受不了了。
29. It's a rotten play, so they can stick it
    这部剧糟透了，他们趁早拉倒吧。

  stick adhere glue【导航词义：黏附】

  stick v. 粘，（使）粘贴

〔辨析〕普通用词，常指用胶水、胶带等黏性物质粘贴某物，有时也指衣物等因出汗而粘在身上。

  adhere v. 〈正式〉黏附，附着

〔辨析〕指紧紧粘在某物上，常后接介词 to，与 stick 相比粘贴得更牢固。

  glue v. 粘贴，紧附于

〔辨析〕指用胶水把东西黏合在一起，与 stick基本同义，常可换用。

stick around

1. 不走开；待在原地
   to stay in a place, waiting for sth to happen or for sb to arrive

stick at sth

1. 坚持不懈地做（某事）；持之以恒；锲而不舍
   to continue to work in a serious and determined way to achieve sth

stick by sb

1. 坚持忠于；不离弃（某人）
   to be loyal to a person and support them, especially in a difficult situation

stick by sth

1. 信守，遵守，贯彻（承诺、计划等）
   to do what you promised or planned to do
   1. I got sick of my boss's moaning and told him he could stick the job.
      我烦透了老板的牢骚，便跟他说那活儿他自己干吧，我才不稀罕。

stick sth↔down

1. 写下；记下
   to write sth somewhere
   1. The key has stuck in the lock.
      钥匙卡在锁里了。
   2. This drawer keeps sticking.
      这个抽屉老卡住。

stick out

1. 醒目；显眼；引人注目
   to be noticeable or easily seen
   1. I don't know how you stick that job.
      我不知道那活儿你怎么受得了。
   2. The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend.
      问题是，我母亲不能接受我男朋友。
   3. John can't stick living with his parents.
      约翰受不了和父母住在一起。

stick out (of sth)

stick sth↔out (of sth)

1. （使从某物中）伸出，探出，突出
   to be further out than sth else or come through a hole; to push sth further out than sth else or through a hole

stick it/sth out

1. 坚持到底；忍受下去
   to continue doing sth to the end, even when it is difficult or boring

stick out for sth

1. 坚持要求；不得到…不罢休
   to refuse to give up until you get what you need or want
   1. We collected dry sticks to start a fire.
      我们捡了些枯枝生起火来。
   2. The boys were throwing sticks and stones at the dog.
      男孩子们朝那条狗扔枝条扔石头。
   3. Her arms and legs were like sticks (= very thin) .
      她胳膊和腿瘦得跟柴火棍儿似的。

stick to sth

1. 坚持（做某事，不怕困难）
   to continue doing sth despite difficulties
   1. The old lady leant on her stick as she talked.
      老太太说话时拄着拐棍。
2. 坚持；维持；固守；坚持保留
   to continue doing or using sth and not want to change it

stick together

1. 团结在一起
   to stay together and support each other

stick up

1. 竖立；向上突出
   to point upwards or be above a surface
   1. pieces of pineapple on sticks
      一串串插在小棍上的菠萝块

stick up for sb/yourself/sth

1. 支持，捍卫（某人、自己、某事物）
   to support or defend sb/yourself/sth

stick with sb/sth

1. 紧跟，不离开（某人，以便得到帮助）
   to stay close to sb so that they can help you
2. 持续；坚持
   to continue with sth or continue doing sth

v.

stick in your mind

• 经久不忘；铭记在心
  to be remembered for a long time
  1. One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.
     他有一幅画我记得特别清楚。

stick in your throat/craw

• 难以启齿；说不出口
  to be difficult or impossible to say
• 难以接受；无法接受；令人气愤
  to be difficult or impossible to accept; to make you angry

stick your neck out

• 做不保险的事；说不保险的话；冒险
  to do or say sth when there is a risk that you may be wrong

stick to your guns

• 不听别人劝告；坚持己见；一意孤行
  to refuse to change your mind about sth even when other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong

put/stick the boot in

put/stick the boot in

put/stick two fingers up at sb

• （手背向某人做出V形手势表示侮辱）
  to form the shape of a V with the two fingers nearest your thumb and raise your hand in the air with the back part of it facing sb, done to be rude to them or to show them that you are angry

put/stick the knife in

put/stick the knife into sb

• 对某人怀恨在心；加害于某人
  to be very unfriendly to sb and try to harm them

stand/stick out a mile

• 显而易见
  to be very obvious or noticeable

mud sticks

• 坏事如泥巴，沾身洗不清；烂泥沾身洗不清
  people remember and believe the bad things they hear about other people, even if they are later shown to be false

poke/stick your nose into sth

• 多管闲事；插手（与己无关的事）
  to try to become involved in sth that does not concern you

put/stick your oar in

• 多管闲事；横插一杠子
  to give your opinion, advice, etc. without being asked and when it is probably not wanted

stand/stick out like a sore thumb

• 刺眼；扎眼
  to be very noticeable in an unpleasant way

tell sb where to put/stick sth

tell sb what they can do with sth

• 别来这一套；让某人收起…的一套
  to make it clear to sb that you are angry and are rejecting what they are offering you

n.

a rod/stick to beat sb with

• 用以责备或惩罚某人的事实依据（或把柄等）
  a fact, an argument, etc. that is used in order to blame or punish sb

the big stick

• 大棒政策（以武力或权力相威胁）
  the use or threat of force or power
  1. The authorities used quiet persuasion instead of the big stick.
     当权者平心静气地劝说，而不是施加压力。

the carrot and (the) stick (approach)

• 胡萝卜加大棒；威逼利诱
  if you use the carrot and stick approach , you persuade sb to try harder by offering them a reward if they do, or a punishment if they do not

be (caught) in a cleft stick

• 进退维谷；陷入困境
  to be in a difficult situation when any action you take will have bad results

get the short end of the stick

get the short end of the stick

up sticks

• 突然迁居
  to suddenly move from your house and go to live somewhere else

get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick

• 误解；误会
  to understand sth in the wrong way

noun

1. threat of a penalty
   1. the policy so far is all stick and no carrot

2. marijuana leaves rolled into a cigarette for smoking

   Synonym:    jointmarijuana cigarettereeferspliff

3. an implement consisting of a length of wood
   1. he collected dry sticks for a campfire
   2. the kid had a candied apple on a stick

4. a long thin implement resembling a length of wood
   1. cinnamon sticks
   2. a stick of dynamite

5. a lever used by a pilot to control the ailerons and elevators of an airplane

   Synonym:    control stickjoystick

6. a long implement (usually made of wood) that is shaped so that hockey or polo players can hit a puck or ball

7. informal terms for the leg
   1. fever left him weak on his sticks

   Synonym:    pinpeg

8. a rectangular quarter pound block of butter or margarine

9. a small thin branch of a tree

verb

1. be a mystery or bewildering to
   1. This beats me!
   2. Got me--I don't know the answer!
   3. a vexing problem
   4. This question really stuck me

   Synonym:    perplexvexgetpuzzlemystifybafflebeatposebewilderflummoxstupefynonplusgravelamazedumbfound

2. saddle with something disagreeable or disadvantageous
   1. They stuck me with the dinner bill
   2. I was stung with a huge tax bill

   Synonym:    sting

3. come or be in close contact with
   1. The dress clings to her body
   2. The label stuck to the box
   3. The sushi rice grains cohere

   Synonym:    clingcleaveadherecohere

4. stick to firmly
   1. Will this wallpaper adhere to the wall?

   Synonym:    adherehold fastbondbindstick to

5. pierce or penetrate or puncture with something pointed
   1. He stuck the needle into his finger

6. pierce with a thrust using a pointed instrument
   1. he stuck the cloth with the needle

7. put, fix, force, or implant
   1. lodge a bullet in the table
   2. stick your thumb in the crack

   Synonym:    lodgewedgedeposit

8. fasten into place by fixing an end or point into something
   1. stick the corner of the sheet under the mattress

9. fasten with or as with pins or nails
   1. stick the photo onto the corkboard

10. fasten with an adhesive material like glue
    1. stick the poster onto the wall

11. cover and decorate with objects that pierce the surface
    1. stick some feathers in the turkey before you serve it

12. stay put (in a certain place)
    1. We are staying in Detroi
    2. Stay put in the corner here!
    3. Stick around and you will learn something!

    Synonym:    staystick aroundstay put

13. be loyal to
    1. She stood by her husband in times of trouble
    2. The friends stuck together through the war

    Synonym:    stand bystick byadhere

14. be a devoted follower or supporter
    1. The residents of this village adhered to Catholicism
    2. She sticks to her principles

    Synonym:    adhere

15. endure
    1. The label stuck to her for the rest of her life

16. be or become fixed
    1. The door sticks--we will have to plane it