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difficult to bend or move 不易彎曲（或活動）的；硬的；挺的 a sheet of stiff black cardboard 一張黑色硬紙板 Scrub away any residue with a stiff brush. 用硬刷子把殘留物擦洗掉。 The windows were stiff and she couldn't get them open. 窗戶緊，她開不了。
Extra ExamplesMy trousers were getting stiff with mud. 我的褲子被泥巴弄得硬梆梆的。 She lay stiff and still beside him. 她直挺挺地躺在他身旁，一動不動。 The captain stood as stiff as a board. 船長站得筆直。 The clothes were stiff with dust and grease. 衣服給塵土和油脂弄得硬邦邦的。 It was an old blanket, frayed and stiff with dirt. 那是一條舊毯子，磨損了，被灰塵弄得僵硬了。 The brown hair was coarse and stiff. 棕色的頭發又粗又硬。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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when a person or a part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt when they move them 僵硬的；一動就疼的 Extra ExamplesI've got a stiff neck from sleeping in a draught. 我睡覺時受了風，脖子發僵。 You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath. 如果不洗個熱水澡的話，你會覺得肌肉酸痛。 My fingers had gone stiff with cold. 我的手指已經凍僵了。 My arm's gone all stiff. 我的胳膊又酸又痛。 I was stiff from kneeling. 我跪得渾身酸痛。 He felt stiff all over. 他感覺渾身酸痛。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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thick; difficult to stir (= move around with a spoon) 稠的；難攪動的 more difficult or severe than usual 困難的；艱難的；嚴厲的；激烈的 It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill. 費了好大勁才爬到山頂。 The company faces stiff competition from its rivals. 公司遇到對手的激烈競爭。 The new proposals have met with stiff opposition. 新提案遭到強烈的反對。 The local tribes initially offered stiff resistance to the invaders. 當地部落最初對入侵者進行了頑強的抵抗。 Firms face stiff penalties for breaking the rules. 公司因違反規則而面臨嚴厲的懲罰。 a stiff breeze/wind (= one that blows strongly) 強風
Extra ExamplesThe course represents a stiff test of a golfer's skills. 這門課程是對高爾夫球手技能的嚴峻考驗。 in the face of some very stiff competition 面對一種非常激烈的競爭局面 Their punishment seemed rather stiff. 他們的懲罰好像頗爲嚴厲。 There are stiff fines for illegal dumping. 非法傾倒會被處以高額罰款。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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(of a person or their behaviour 人或行爲 not friendly or relaxed 不友好的；生硬的 Extra ExamplesHis manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal. 他的態度似乎頗爲生硬冷淡。 She was aware that her words sounded stiff. 她知道自己的話聽起來很生硬。 He had the accent and the stiff manner of a school house master. 他有學校校長的口音和生硬的態度。
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costing a lot or too much 高昂的；過高的 - [only before noun]
strong; containing a lot of alcohol 烈性的；酒精度數高的 a stiff whisky 烈性威士忌 ‘What you need is a stiff drink,’ he told her. “你需要的是一杯烈酒，”他告訴她。
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
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difficult to bend/move不易彎曲／活動
muscles肌肉
mixture混合物
difficult/severe困難；嚴厲
not friendly不友好
price價格
alcoholic drink酒
Word OriginOld English stīf, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stijf.
Idioms
(keep) a stiff upper lip
to keep calm and hide your feelings when you are in pain or in a difficult situation （面對痛苦或困境）不動聲色，沉着而不外露 He was taught to keep a stiff upper lip and never to cry in public. 他被教導要保持沉默，永遠不要在公共場合哭泣。 Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English. 他們的反應與英國人僵硬的上唇形成鮮明對比。