verb: [V]
I
don’t mean to stickybeak, but when is he going
to leave? imimmimmm?
'sticky, tape noun [u] (erf) = Sellotape Stiff 0-w /stif/ adj., adv., noun, verb
■
adj. (stiffer, stiff est)
►
DIFFICULT TO BEND/MOVE 7 1 'ft ft / '& if] 1 firm and
difficult to bend or move 7 lift
ft ( ) (ft; {J;
W; 8§ W: stiff cardboard SffiSoa sri/f brush J$iJ T O The windows were stiff
and she couldn’t get them open.
tiPM,
M^To
►
MUSCLES ;|[l [£] 2 when a person is stiff,
their muscles
hurt when they move them : I’m
really stiff after that bike
ride yesterday. ft AWT IS §
’ ftrf, o J’ve got a stiff neck,
tfflo
►
MIXTURE [ift 3 thick and almost
solid; difficult to stir PI (ft ; ft It zfo (tfj: Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
►
DIFFICULT/SEVERE ®ft; r-m 4 more difficult or
severe
than usual HI ft tfj; T*l*81M: It was a
stiff climb to the top of
the hill. ftT^A^ft/l'lef'JlllliSo o The company faces
stiff competition from its rivals] S£
i§ f!] ft 7- ift * ft a 7 0 o The new proposals have
met with stiff opposition. §f H M M III
S S ft „ o There
are stiff fines for
breaking the rules. o a stiff breeze/wind (=
one that blows strongly) ® M.
►
NOT FRIENDLY fjjkiif 5 (of a person or their
behaviour
A^c^Tr
A) not friendly or relaxed ; £5Ji W:
The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and
formal.
►
PRICE f/ft§ 6 (informal) costing
a lot or too much ^
1$; There’s a stiff $15
entrance fee to the exhibition. ite 15 TCp '
►
ALCOHOLIC DRINK iff 7 [only before
► stiff ly adv. stiffness
noun [U]: pain and stiffness in her legs iMIMXfiMif IWl (keep) a stiff upper lip to keep calm and hide
your feelings when you are in pain or in a difficult situation ( ®-ft#?ri£@ii& ) 7
■
adv. 1 (informal) very
much; to an extreme degree ft
#; be
bored/scared/worried stiff ft# JAM / W
2
frozen ~ (of wet material very
cold and hard because the
water has become ice ( Iff.■) S; ( T& ) fill
: The
clothes on the washing line were frozen stiff. ££ & 7 M ± (ft A H To o I came home
from the game frozen stiff (= very
cold).
mm, mimic
m noun [slang) the body of a dead
person ktP m verb [VN] (NAmE, informal) to cheat sb or not pay
them what you owe them, especially by not leaving any money as a tip 7&H; (
.stiff-'arm verb [VN] [NAmE) = hand sb off at hand v.
stiffen
/'stifn/
verb 1 ~ (sth) (with sth) to make yourself or part of your body
firm, straight and still, especially because you are angry or frightened (
1M$11, MM: [V] She stiffened with fear, f * o [VN] I stiffened my
back and faced him. fdfejjjlSfr 2 ~ (up) |
~ sth (of part of the body — !$#) to become, or
to make sth become,
difficult to bend or move ( )
ft HX ^ ft, ■ 5® M if] > Afi: [V] My
muscles
had stiffened up after the climb, tfg ± A IX j& & M M U ‘A fl T „ 0 [VN] stiffened muscles A
fl (ft M Hi 3 to make an attitude or idea stronger or more powerful; to become
stronger ( T£ S5G3 strengthen : [VN]
The
threat of punishment has
only stiffened their resolve (= made them even more determined to do
sth). M fi] T460[also V] 4 [VN] ~ sth (with sth) to make sth, such as
cloth, firm and unable to bend
.stiff-1 necked adj. proud and refusing to
change [II fA
ift; mm: WM
stiffy /■ strfi/ noun [pi. -ies)
[taboo,
slang) an
erection(I) of a man’s penis ( Pfil£lft )
ifle /‘staifl/ verb
1 [VN] to prevent sth from happening; to prevent a feeling from being expressed
JTfij; MT; Pfi it; $'J suppress
: She managed to stifle a
yawn. T^Xo 0 They hope
the new rules will not
stifle creativity. (4 f
] # W. M M M ^ ^ JS ffl
M o o The
government failed to stifle the unrest. Iff A ffr'J it fi P) $L0
2 to feel unable to breathe, or to make sb unable to breathe, because it is too
hot and/or there is no fresh air ( fe ) MS, 1 EECI
suffocate : [V] I felt I
was stifling in the airless room.
o [VN] Most of
the victims were stifled
by the fumes. f&W.fk A'# ^ 0
^
o ►
stifling
/’staiflirj/
adj.
; a stifling room M # it A it T Tt
AA W ^ fnj O ‘It’s stifling in here—
can we open a window?’ “ ]£$],# A$£[§
T n&Jf—M MP? ” o At 25, she found family life stifling. M
25 stif ling ly adv.: The
room was stiflingly hot. ItAP^^A^Ao stigma /'stigma/ noun
1 [U, C, usually sing ] feelings
of disapproval that people have about particular illnesses or ways of behaving 5h
#; it ftt: the social stigma of alcoholism jSIMiTttzTi: ■ 0 There is no longer any
stigma attached to being
divorced. ^
^
0 2 [C] [biology a) the part in the
middle of a
flower where pollen is received ( ) ft/A —pic
ture oPLANT
stig-mata /'stigmata; stig'maita/ noun [pi.] marks that look like
the wounds made by nails on the body of Jesus Christ, believed by some
Christians to have appeared as holy marks on the bodies of some saints
mm [ tt
)
stig ma tize [BrE also -ise) /'stigmataiz/ verb [VN] [usually
passive] (formal) to treat sb in a way
that makes them feel that they are very bad or unimportant >M 3\ M 5t; ►
stig-ma-tiza-tion,
-isa tion /.stigmatai'zeijn;
NAmE -ta'z-/ noun [U]
stile /stall/ noun a set of steps that help
people climb over a fence or gate in a field, etc. (
rr&ii^A #) m, m.
stil etto /sti'letau; NAmE -tou/ noun [pi. -os or -oes) 1 (also .stiletto 'heel) [especially BrE) a woman’s shoe with a
very high narrow heel; the heel on such a shoe mf aaa spike heel — pic
ture o shoe 2
a small knife with a narrow pointed blade MM: bf
Still Ot* /stil/ adv., adj., noun, verb u adv. 1 continuing until a
particular point in time and not finishing 'fiJcl.B : I wrote to them
last month and I’m still
waiting for a reply. $ic _LT"
. iu ft in A Tftr, f\M ^% g p.o 0 Mum, I’m still
hungry! #3, ! 0 Do you still live at
the same
address? ft
33 ft IiK Hk ilf ^ ? 0 There’s still time to
change your mind, ftft |h] 0. 0 It was, and
still is, my favourite
movie.
M ft ft ^ M o 2 despite what has
just been said ( M • ■ 'J)!'
3E^; IM; ^M: We searched everywhere
but we still couldn’t find it. o The
weather was cold and wet.
Still, we had a great time. A m, * MUc d #IB m%#TF &o 3 used for
making a comparison stronger ( ft ■?§ ft ^ fk ) ,
M:
The
next day was warmer still. % ZL A®SMfo 7 0 o