Stiffness
['stɪfnɪs]
解释:
(noun.) firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action; 'a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity'.
(noun.) the property of moving with pain or difficulty; 'he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck'.
(noun.) the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend.
编辑:曼纽尔--From WordNet
解释:
(n.) The quality or state of being stiff; as, the stiffness of cloth or of paste; stiffness of manner; stiffness of character.
录入:卢卡斯
例句:
- The machine goes readily enough, but there is some stiffness in the working of it, and it has lost a little of its force. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯历险记.
- Drinking the toast with tremendous stiffness. 查尔斯·狄更斯. 我们共同的朋友.
- I don't mean to be baffled by a little stiffness on your part; I'm prepared to go to considerable lengths. 夏洛蒂·勃朗特. 简·爱.
- There was a certain priggish Sunday-school stiffness over him, priggish and detestable. 戴维·赫伯特·劳伦斯. 恋爱中的女人.
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