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.
...kebab sticks. 烤肉扦
...lolly sticks. 冰棍棍
...drum sticks. 鼓槌
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 .
...lacrosse sticks. 兜网球棍
...hockey sticks. 曲棍球棍
...ski-sticks. 滑雪杖
N-COUNT 条状物;棒状物;棍状物 A stick of something is a long thin piece of it.
...a stick of celery. 一根芹菜
...cinnamon sticks. 肉桂条
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.
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。
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。
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.
He lived out in the sticks somewhere. 他住在某个偏远的乡村。
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.
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。
(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.
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.
...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
VERB (随便地)放,搁,塞 If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way.
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。
Jack opened his door and stuck his head out. 杰克打开门,探出头来。
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.
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。
Some punk stuck a knife in her last night... 有个小流氓昨晚扎了她一刀。
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。
The knife stuck in the ground at his feet. 刀扎在了他脚边的地上。
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.
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。
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。
His hair sticks up in half a dozen directions. 他的头发胡乱支棱着。
...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
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.
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。
We just stuck it to the window... 我们就把它贴在窗户上了。
He has nowhere to stick up his posters... 他没地方贴海报了。
Stick down any loose bits of flooring. 把松动的地板块都粘好。
VERB 黏附;附着在 If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove.
The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough... 土粘在犁铧上,卡住了犁。
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。
If left to stand, cooked pasta sticks together. 煮好的面放置时间长了会变坨。
VERB 铭记在心;经久不忘 If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time.
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。
That song has stuck in my head for years. 那首歌多年来一直铭记在我心中。
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.
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。
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.
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。
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。
VERB 固定不动 If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position.
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。
The dagger stuck tightly in the silver scabbard. 匕首牢牢地卡在银质刀鞘中。
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.
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。
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.
It's a rotten play, so they can stick it... 这部剧糟透了,他们趁早拉倒吧。
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”。
He saw the corner of a magazine sticking out from under the blanket 他看见杂志的一角从毯子下露了出来。
The Government, he said, were sticking to stale ideas. 他说政府仍在抱残守缺。
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。
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。
He has shown a great deal of courage in sticking up for democracy and civil liberties. 他在捍卫民主和公民自由上表现出巨大的勇气。
The main sticking point was the question of taxes. 主要的症结是税收问题。
It had a saddle with springs sticking out, which wore away the seat of my pants 鞍座上的弹簧翘出来,把我裤子臀部那块磨破了。
These noodles are sticking together. 面条坨了。
Bare wires were sticking out of the cable. 电缆露出裸线。
I spent hours sticking the photographs into the family book, and my fingers got all gummed up. 我费了好几个小时用胶水把相片粘贴在家庭相册上,弄得手指都粘在一起了。
The two schools of thought wrangled, each sticking to its guns. 两个学派各执一说,互相论难。
It should be an interesting argument, as both politicians are known for sticking to their guns, and neither is likely to give way to the other. 这次辩论一定很有意思,因为两位政治家都以坚持己见闻名,谁都不大可能向对方让步。
But I am proud of you for sticking up for your mother. 但我为你维护你母亲这一点而自豪。
I thought I was sticking it out. 我还以为我要坚持到底呢。
I plan on inking the skateboard design and sticking it in my gallery. 我计划在墨的滑板设计和坚持它在我的画廊。
Your hair is sticking up& it looks like you're sprouting horns! 你的头发向上竖起&你就像长了角似的。
I found a nail sticking in the tire. 我发现一根钉子刺进了车胎里。
It's my theory, and I'm sticking to it. 这就是我的看法,我坚持自己的看法。
But I'm sticking with the theory. 但我坚持这个理论。
I'm not sticking around here any more. 我再也不在这里逗留了。
Let me smooth your collar back, it's sticking out again. 让我把你的领子给你放平,又竖起来了。
The methods for resolving the wall sticking were put forward. 提出了解决各种类型粘壁的技术措施。
Implementing and sticking to a national defense policy that is defensive in nature; 实行和坚持防御性国防政策;
We're just sticking in there, he said. 他说,在那儿我们只是顶住了。
I tore my coat on a nail that was sticking out from a wall. 我的上衣被一枚从墙上突出来的钉子钩破了。
How many other women were you sticking it to? 你和多少女人混过?
I'm sticking by my principles on this matter. 关于这事我坚持我的原则。
It's an ongoing process and he's sticking to it. 这是一个持续的进程,而他的坚持。
Another week, another sticking plaster. 又过了一周,再贴上了一副膏药。
I hope she's not sticking you with the bill? 我希望她的帐单不是你来结?