stick

1. N-COUNT A stick is a thin branch which has fallen off a tree. 枝條

...people carrying bundles of dried sticks to sell for firewood. …背著成捆枯枝當(dāng)柴火賣的人。

2. N-COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for a particular purpose. 棍

...lollipop sticks. …棒棒糖棍。

...drum sticks. …鼓槌。

3. N-COUNT Some long thin objects that are used in sports are called sticks. 球棒

...lacrosse sticks. …長(zhǎng)曲棍球球球棒。

...hockey sticks. …曲棍球棒。

4. N-COUNT A stick of something is a long thin piece of it. 條狀物

...a stick of celery. …一根芹菜。

5. N-COUNT A stick is a long thin piece of wood which is used for supporting someone's weight or for hitting people or animals. 拐杖; (襲擊用的) 棍子[英國(guó)英語(yǔ)]

He wore a grey suit and leaned heavily on his stick. 他身著灰色西服，吃力地倚著手杖。

6. PHRASE 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. 誤解[非正式]

I think someone has got the wrong end of the stick. They should have established the facts before speaking out. 我想有人誤解了。他們本應(yīng)該在查證事實(shí)之后再發(fā)表意見(jiàn)。

PHRASE

1. V-T If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. 隨意放置[非正式]

He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer. 他把文件折起扔進(jìn)書桌抽屜里。

2. V-T/V-I 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. 使扎入; 扎入

They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back. 他們派來(lái)很多男護(hù)士，在我的背部扎了根針。

3. V-I 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. 伸出

They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water. 他們位于從那臺(tái)起重機(jī)上摔下的地方，部分露在水面。

4. V-T If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, Scotch tape, or another sticky substance. 粘貼

Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card. 別忘了剪下代金券，并貼在你的卡上。

5. V to support (a plant) with sticks; stake 用小棍支撐(植物)

6. V-I If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. 粘住

The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough. 土粘在刃上，卡住了犁。

Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake. 如果蠟紙粘住蛋糕底部，就把它撕掉。

7. V-I If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. 經(jīng)久留駐

The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country. 那個(gè)事件令我難以忘懷，因?yàn)槟鞘俏铱吹降哪莻€(gè)國(guó)家的第一例種族歧視事件。

8. V-I If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. 卡住

The needle on the dial went right around to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck. 刻度盤上的指針一下轉(zhuǎn)到了50英尺處，即其所能達(dá)到的最大刻度，然后卡在了那里。

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