(of a building, room, etc. )建築物、房間等 warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air 悶熱的;悶人的;通風不暢的 Extra ExamplesIt gets really stuffy in here in summer. 夏天這裏很熱很悶。 My parents are being a bit stuffy about me living in London on my own. 我父母對我一個人住在倫敦有點悶悶不樂。 She had always seemed so stuffy and plain. 她看上去總是那麽古板、平淡。 The room was stuffy with the smell of socks and sweat. 房間裏充滿了襪子和汗水的味道。
- (informal, disapproving)
very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned 一本正經的;古板的;無聊的;保守的 a stuffy, formal family 一本正經而又古板的一家人 plain, stuffy clothes 樸素刻板的衣服
- (especially North American English)
if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold (鼻子)不通的,堵住的;鼻塞的