sticks

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. Men began to belabour his shoulders, his head, his arms with sticks.
   暴徒开始用棍棒猛打他的肩、头和胳膊。
2. Equip yourself with stout walking boots and sticks.
   你自己要准备好结实的步行靴和拐杖。
3. Why the new emphasis on sticks instead of diplomatic carrots?
   为什么最新政策强调采取强硬手段，而不是采用外交上的怀柔策略？
4. They were marched through a crocodile-infested area and, if they slowed down, were beaten with sticks
   他们被押着穿过一个鳄鱼成群的地方，要是步子稍有放慢，便会遭棍打。
5. He then sticks it back together with flour paste
   然后他用面糊把它重新粘了起来。
6. Crowds armed with sticks and stones took to the streets.
   人群手持棍棒和石块走上了街头。
7. He lived out in the sticks somewhere.
   他住在某个偏远的乡村。
8. His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions.
   他的头发胡乱支棱着。
9. The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough
   土粘在犁铧上，卡住了犁。
10. If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together.
    煮好的面放置时间长了会变坨。
11. Immigrant support groups are waiting to see if he sticks to his word
    移民支持团体正等着看他是否说话算话。
12. Dad spoils me. He loves me. He sticks up for me
    爸爸很宠我，很爱我。他总是护着我。
13. She was stoking the stove with sticks of maple.
    她正在往炉子里添枫树枝。
14. What sticks in my throat is that I wasn't able to win the trophy
    令我耿耿于怀的是自己没能获奖。
15. Yasmin sticks to a strict vegetarian diet
    亚斯明坚持不沾一点儿荤腥。
16. John's written off four cars. Now he sticks to public transport
    约翰已经报废了4辆车，现在他一直坐公交车。
17. A fish bone sticks in his throat.
    鱼刺卡在他的嗓子里。
18. Each sticks to his own version [ argument].; Different people tell different stories.
    各执一词。
19. Well, I've got an idea: put the label "cancer sticks" on each pack of cigarettes, and read it before you smoke.
    额，我有个主意：把“癌棒”的标签贴在每包香烟上，在抽烟之前就看一下。
20. The rebels were wielding sticks of dynamite.
    叛乱分子舞动着棒状炸药。
21. The modern office block sticks out like a sore thumb among the old buildings in the area.
    那座现代的办公大楼昂然地竖立在那片旧建筑物中十分扎眼。
22. They came for the crowd with sticks.
    他们手中持木棒向人群冲去。
23. Bacteria sticks to food debris in the teeth, causing decay.
    细菌附着在牙缝中的食物残渣上，导致蛀牙。
24. Perfumes and incense sticks are in the works.
    香水和棒香正在筹备中。
25. I tied the sticks together.
    我把那些棍子捆在了一起。
26. Two sticks, and you can eat.
    有了这两根棍子，就可以吃饭。
27. Sticks and stones may break your bones.
    棍棒和石头会打碎你的骨头。
28. When the camping stuff and two hockey sticks fell on me.
    然后一些野营用的东西和曲棍球棒落在了我的身上。
29. It sticks out all over your mug.
    你的嘴脸上都贴满了。
30. I bought the child some sticks of candy.
    我给孩子买了几根棒糖。