| 单词 |
stick |
| 例句 |
stick noun | verb
1 noun 1.•a fire made of sticks:piece of wood, twig, small branch. 2.•he walks with a stick:walking stick, cane, staff, alpenstock, crook, crutch. 3.•the plants need supporting on sticks:cane, pole, post, stake, upright. 4.•he beat me with a stick:club, cudgel, bludgeon, shillelagh | truncheon, baton | cane, birch, switch, rod. PHRASES
the sticks informal •she didn't want him to know that she'd grown up in the sticks:the country, the countryside, rural areas | the backwoods, the back of beyond, the wilds, the hinterland, a backwater, the backcountry, the backland, the middle of nowhere, the boondocks, the boonies, hicksville.
2 verb 1.•he stuck his fork into the sausage:thrust, push, insert, jab, poke, dig, plunge. 2.•the bristles stuck into her skin:pierce, penetrate, puncture, prick, stab. 3.•the cup stuck to its saucer:adhere, cling, be fixed, be glued. 4.•stick the stamp there:affix, attach, fasten, fix | paste, glue, gum, tape, Scotch-tape, pin, tack. 5.•the wheels stuck in the mud:become trapped, become jammed, jam, catch, become wedged, become lodged, become fixed, become embedded. 6.•that sticks in his mind:remain, stay, linger, dwell, persist, continue, last, endure, burn. 7.•the charges won't stick:be upheld, hold, be believed | informal hold water. 8.informal •just stick that sandwich on my desk:put (down), place, set (down), lay (down), deposit, position | leave, stow | informal dump, park, pop, plunk. PHRASES
stick at •anything you stick at will eventually get done:persevere with, persist with, keep at, work at, continue with, carry on with, not give up with, hammer away at, stay with | go the distance, stay the course | informal soldier on with, hang in there.
stick by •Rodney stuck by me when everyone else bailed out:be loyal to, be faithful to, be true to, stand by, keep faith with, keep one's promise to.
stick it out •I think I can stick it out for another two weeks:put up with it, grin and bear it, keep at it, keep going, stay with it, see it through | persevere, persist, carry on, struggle on | informal hang in there, soldier on, tough it out, nail one's colors to the mast.
stick out 1.•his front teeth stuck out:protrude, jut (out), project, stand out, extend, poke out | bulge, overhang. 2.•they stuck out in their strange clothes:be noticeable, be visible, be obvious, be conspicuous, stand out, be obtrusive, be prominent, attract attention, catch the eye, leap out, show up | informal stick/stand out like a sore thumb.
stick to •he stuck to his promise:abide by, keep, adhere to, hold to, comply with, fulfill, make good, stand by.
stick up for •after what she did, not even her family would stick up for her:support, take someone's side, side with, be on the side of, stand by, stand up for, take someone's part, defend, come to the defense of, champion, speak up for, fight for. |
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