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stick

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Related topics: Daily life
stick1 /stɪk/ ●●● S1 W3 verb (past tensepst and past participlepp stuck /stʌk/)
1  attach 粘貼 [intransitiveI, transitiveT]STICK to attach something to something else using a substance, or to become attached to a surface 粘，貼
stick something on/to/in etc something
Someone had stuck posters all over the walls.
有人把海報貼滿了牆。
stick to/together
I could feel my shirt sticking to my back.
我能感覺到襯衫貼在了背上。
The oil keeps the pasta from sticking together.
油可避免意大利面粘在一起。
This stamp won’t stick properly.
這張郵票貼不牢。
2  push in 插進 [intransitiveI, transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep]D if a pointed object sticks into something, or if you stick it there, it is pushed into it 刺，戳，插
stick (something) in/into/through something
pins stuck in a notice board
插在布告板上的大頭針
The boy stuck his finger up his nose.
小男孩把手指塞到鼻孔裏。
3  put 放置 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] informalPUT to put something somewhere quickly and without much care 〔随便〕擺放，放置 SYN bung
Just stick it in the microwave for a few minutes.
把它放進微波爐裏加熱幾分鐘就行。
The cards had been stuck through the letterbox.
卡片被塞進信箱。
► see thesaurus at put
4  move part of body 移動身體部位 [transitiveT always + adverbadv/prepositionprep] if you stick a part of your body somewhere, you put it in a position where other people can see it 伸進，伸向 SYN put
Clara stuck her head around the door to see who was there.
克拉拉從門後探出頭來看看是誰。
The baby stuck his legs in the air.
寶寶把腿踢得高高的。
Don’t stick your tongue out. It’s rude!
别吐舌頭，這很沒禮貌！
5  difficult to move 難以移動 [intransitiveI]STICK if something sticks, it becomes fixed in one position and is difficult to move 卡住，釘住
This door keeps sticking.
這扇門老是卡住。
The wheels stuck fast (=stuck completely) in the mud.
輪子牢牢地陷在泥裏。
6  stick in somebody’s mind REMEMBERif something sticks in your mind, you remember it well because it is unusual or interesting 〔因不同尋常或有趣而〕深深留在某人的腦海裏，令某人記憶猶新
It’s the kind of name that sticks in your mind.
那是你聽過就不會忘記的那種名字。
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stick in somebody’s mind• My uncle told me the story when I was little, and it's always stuck in my mind.• But it stuck in my mind.• It is not surprising that phrases do not stick in the mind.• Perhaps the image is just so startling that it sticks in our minds.• The whole weekend had been unsettling, which was perhaps why the game had stuck in her mind.• Yet the one small doubt stuck in her mind like a burr in tweed.• I think those types of things stick in children's minds, so I didn't want her there.• It must have stuck in her mind, that an honest person might act out of character when severely threatened.• One incident that has always stuck in my mind was when I dove for my foxhole at the opening mortar round.
7  make something stick informal
a) to prove that something is true 證明某事屬實
Is there enough evidence to make the charges stick?
有足夠的證據證明這些指控成立嗎？
b) to make a change become permanent 使〔某一變化〕確立下來
The government has succeeded in making this policy stick.
政府成功地使這項政策確定下來。
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make something stick• Mulroney agreed that a blockade may be necessary to make the sanctions stick.• The case never got to trial, because the police didn't think they could make the charges stick.
8  name 名字 [intransitiveI]CONTINUE/NOT STOP if a name that someone has invented sticks, people continue using it 〔起的綽號〕被叫開
One newspaper dubbed him ‘Eddie the Eagle’, and the name stuck.
一家報紙戲稱他爲“老鷹埃迪”，這個綽號就被叫開了。
9  somebody can stick something spokenREJECT/NOT ACCEPT used to say angrily that you do not want what someone is offering you 某人自己留着某事物吧〔用於生氣地表示自己不要某人所給的東西〕
I told them they could stick their job.
我叫他們還是自己留着那份工 作吧。
10  stay in bad situation 處於糟糕的處境 [transitiveT] British EnglishBrE spoken to continue to accept a situation or person, even though you do not like them 容忍，忍受 SYN stand
I can’t stick mum’s new boyfriend.
我受不了我媽的新男友。
can’t stick doing something
Gerry can’t stick working for Featherstone’s any longer.
格裏再也無法忍受繼續爲費瑟斯通工作了。
I don’t know how you stick it.
我不知道你是怎麽忍下來的。
11  stick in somebody’s throat/gullet British EnglishBrE, stick in somebody’s craw American EnglishACCEPT if a situation or someone’s behaviour sticks in your throat, it is so annoying that you cannot accept it 〔某種處境或某人的行爲〕使某人難以接受
Her criticism really stuck in my craw.
她的批評我實在無法接受。
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stick in somebody’s throat/gullet• Swallow, something sticking in my throat.• Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?• The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.• It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.• Now sheer monotony makes it stick in the gullet like sawdust.• While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
12. stick in somebody’s throat if words stick in your throat, you are unable to say them because you are afraid or upset 〔因害怕或生氣〕使某人難以啓齒[說不出口]
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stick in somebody’s throat• When the time came to say "I do, " the words stuck in my throat.• Swallow, something sticking in my throat.• Did he want me to eat shit or the words stick in my throat and choke me?• The breath was stuck in her throat and her mouth felt dry.• It stuck in my throat and I had to cough and cough to dislodge it.• While the arrows still seemed stuck in their throats they danced to right and left with short, shuffling steps.
13. stick to somebody’s ribs informal food that sticks to your ribs is very satisfying, so you are not hungry after you have eaten 飽餐一頓
→ stuck1, → stick/poke your nose into something at nose1(3) PHRASAL VERBS
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stick• She pressed down the flap of the envelope, but it didn't stick.• This cupboard door keeps sticking.• Clark called him "Mule, " because he looked like a pack mule, and the name stuck.• I'm sticking.• Put some butter on the pan so the cookies don't stick.• The doctor had to stick a tube down my throat in order to examine my stomach.• It took hours to stick all these photos in my album.• They announced that they wanted to talk to everyone, and they asked everyone to stick around for a while.• And marriage developed everywhere to encourage men to stick around their children.• She stuck her chewing gum on the bottom of the chair.• I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code.• Teenagers can not wreak that kind of havoc when they are stuck inside.• They stuck pins into a map to show where the enemy's camps were.• I stuck the pictures in a drawer and forgot all about them.• The experts avoid sticking their own necks out.• The vase broke into several pieces, but I was able to stick them all back together.• "What should I do with these?" "Oh, just stick them anywhere."• Mind you, I don't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either.• Stick this note to Chris's computer so he sees it when he gets back.• Peter was very hot, and his shirt was sticking to his back.• It was only a little flurry, but it was wet, clumping gobs of snow that stuck to the windshield.• Paul stuck two pieces of paper together.
stick to/together• Some of these things stick to a magnet.• I also think it's important to stick to a recorded solo from the standpoint of a fan.• With the bubbles sticking to it, the density of the grape was less than that of the soda.• In practice, this means it is best to stick to one brand.• At the market, stick to produce that is in season.• Why doesn't one just stick to the ordinary, real time that we understand?• Her hands and face were skinned from the descent, the gravel sticking to the skin and stinging.• They stick to the three cardinal investment principles set down by the national organization: .
stick ... tongue out• With her eyes still crossed, she stuck her tongue out and tried to curl it upwards.• Mitchell turned around lust in time to see her stick her tongue out at him.• As I watched it soar over the crossbar, .Jamir stuck his tongue out in ridicule and blew a raspberry.• As well as the obvious, known tastes of food and drink, stick your tongue out to discover what the air tastes like.• If children on the programme stick their tongues out, we don't condemn it.
stuck fast• But once established, life stuck fast.• It was summer, and the door, which was rarely opened, must have swelled in place and stuck fast.• The 13-year-old boy's left leg had become stuck fast in railings near Conwy Road Bridge.• The front of the boat was stuck fast in the mud.• We are an odd collection assembled here, stuck fast like stubborn limpets to that eastern shore throughout the winter.• They were helpless little flies stuck fast to a sticky trap from which there was no escape.• After he had hit, Silva chased up the hill to establish that his ball had stuck fast to the putting surface.
stick it• I reckon it must have been a practical joke: some one sticking it in her chair.• You make a SHlme LEchl and some one sticks it in.• Tom folded the letter and stuck it into his jacket pocket.• I fill up his new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.• I knew she had to come to me each time, it was just a case of sticking it out.• If he could do the thing at all, could he stick it through?• I couldn't stick it up at the back or I'd look aged, haggard, forty years old.
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stick2 ●●● S3 noun [countableC]
1  part of tree 樹的組成部分D a long thin piece of wood from a tree, which is no longer attached to the tree 柴枝，枝條 → branch, twig
They collected sticks to start the fire.
他們撿來樹枝生火。
2  DStool 工具 a long thin piece of wood, plastic etc that you use for a particular purpose 〔有特殊用途的〕棍；簽；條；槌
a pair of drum sticks
一對鼓槌
a measuring stick
量尺
Aunt Lou walks with a stick (=uses a stick to help her walk).
盧姑媽走路要拄拐棍。
3  DFpiece 條,片,棍 a long thin or round piece of something 條狀物；棍狀物
carrot sticks with dip
帶調味醬的胡蘿蔔條
a glue stick
一管膠水
stick of
a stick of chewing gum
一片口香糖
4  sports 體育運動 a long, specially shaped piece of wood, plastic etc that you use in some sports to hit a ball 球棍，球棒
a hockey stick
曲棍球杆
→5 see picture at 見圖 sport1
5  (out) in the sticks AREAa long way from a town or city 在偏遠鄉村，在邊遠地區
They live out in the sticks.
他們住在偏遠的鄉村。
Examples from the Corpus
(out) in the sticks• Three years on, what to make of the original inner city mama, out here in the sticks?• We must have been right out in the sticks.• You two behaved as if we were still in the sticks.
6  get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick British EnglishBrE informalUNDERSTAND# to understand a situation in completely the wrong way 完全誤解
People who think the song is about drugs have got the wrong end of the stick.
有人認爲這首歌是關於毒品的，這些人完全誤解了。
7  a stick to beat somebody with something that can be used as a reason for criticizing someone 用於批評某人的把柄
These tests will just give politicians yet another stick to beat the teachers with.
這些測試又會給政客們一個抨擊教師的口實。
8. plane 飛機 the handle you use to control a plane 操縱杆，駕駛杆 → joystick
9. car 汽車 American EnglishAmE informalTTC a stick shift 〔汽車的〕變速杆，換擋杆
10. get on the stick American EnglishAmE spoken to start doing something you should be doing 開始加緊幹
Examples from the Corpus
get on the stick• We really need to get on the stick and get those trees planted.
11  give somebody/get (some) stick British EnglishBrE spokenCRITICIZE if you give someone stick, you criticize them for something they have done 批評某人
He’s going to get some stick for this!
他得爲這件事挨批了！
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give somebody/get (some) stick• He doesn't give his stick to just anybody.
12. up sticks British EnglishBrE informalLEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY if you up sticks, you move to a different area 搬家
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up sticks• Do your homework before applying to permanently up sticks.• He picks up sticks and sits down to eat them.• I couldn't up sticks and away, which I might have done otherwise - regretting it afterwards.• You will then have the right specimens ready and waiting whenever anyone decides to up sticks and move.• Maybe we up sticks and move to another, better part of the country to cool out.
→ carrot and stick at carrot(3)
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stick• Stick insects look like sticks and so are saved from being eaten by birds.• Julitis disgustedly cleaned it frorn her shoe with a stick.• He didn't half go into him with his stick.• Using his thick bill, he played with the leaves, sticks, and grass stems at the edge of his nest.• He dipped the oil stick in again.• The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work.• a walking stick
Origin stick1
Old English stician
 stick2
Old English sticca
stick1 verb →PHRASAL VERBS1stick2 noun
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