stiff
US: /ˈstɪf/
UK: /stˈɪf/
UK: /stˈɪf/
English Vietnamese dictionary
stiff /stif/
- tính từ
- cứng, cứng đơ, ngay đơ
- stiff collar: cổ cứng
- to lie stiff in death: nằm chết cứng
- a stiff leg: chân bị ngay đơ
- cứng rắn, kiên quyết, không nhân nhượng
- a stiff denial: sự từ chối kiên quyết; sự bác bỏ kiên quyết
- a stiff resistance: sự kháng cự kiên quyết
- cứng, nhắc, không tự nhiên
- stiff movement: cử động cứng nhắc
- stiff manners: bộ dạng không tự nhiên
- stiff style: văn phong không tự nhiên
- rít, không trơn
- stiff hinge: bản lề rít
- khó, khó nhọc, vất vả
- stiff examination: kỳ thi khó
- a stiff slope: dốc khó trèo
- hà khắc, khắc nghiệt
- a stiff punishment: sự trừng phạt khắc nghiệt
- cao (giá cả)
- nặng (rượu); mạnh (liều thuốc...)
- đặc, quánh
- to beat the egg whites until stiff: đánh lòng trắng trứng cho đến khi quánh lại
- (Ê-cốt) lực lượng
- to keep a stiff upper lip
- (xem) lip
- to be bored stiff
- chán ngấy, buồn đến chết được
- to be scared stiff
- sợ chết cứng
- a stiff un
- nhà thể thao lão thành
- (từ lóng) xác chết
- cứng, cứng đơ, ngay đơ
- danh từ
- (từ lóng) xác chết
- người không thể sửa đổi được
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) người vụng về thô kệch
- (từ Mỹ,nghĩa Mỹ) người lang thang, ma cà bông
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, adverb, noun, verb
+ adjective (stiffer, stiffest)
difficult to bend / move
1 firm and difficult to bend or move: stiff cardboard + a stiff brush + The windows were stiff and she couldn't get them open. + I've got a stiff neck.
muscles
2 when a person is stiff, their muscles hurt when they move them: I'm really stiff after that bike ride yesterday.
mixture
3 thick and almost solid; difficult to stir: Whisk the egg whites until stiff.
difficult / severe
4 more difficult or severe than usual: It was a stiff climb to the top of the hill. + The company faces stiff competition from its rivals. + The new proposals have met with stiff opposition. + There are stiff fines for breaking the rules. + a stiff breeze / wind (= one that blows strongly)
not friendly
5 (of a person or their behaviour) not friendly or relaxed: The speech he made to welcome them was stiff and formal.
price
6 (informal) costing a lot or too much: There's a stiff £6 entrance fee to the exhibition.
alcoholic drink
7 [only before noun] strong; containing a lot of alcohol: a stiff whisky + 'What you need is a stiff drink,' he told her.
stiffly adverb: 'Thank you,' she replied stiffly. + The key turned stiffly in the lock. + She sat down stiffly on a chair by the wall, aware that they were looking at her.
stiffness noun [U]: pain and stiffness in her legs + She could tell from his eyes and the stiffness of his voice that she had offended him.
Idioms: (keep) a stiff upper lip to keep calm and hide your feelings when you are in pain or in a difficult situation: He was taught to keep a stiff upper lip and never to cry in public. + Their reaction contrasts sharply with the stiff upper lip of the English.
+ adverb
1 (informal) very much; to an extreme degree: be bored / scared / worried stiff
2 frozen ~ (of wet material) very cold and hard because the water has become ice: The clothes on the washing line were frozen stiff. + I came home from the game frozen stiff (= very cold).
+ noun (slang) the body of a dead person
+ verb [VN] (AmE, informal) to cheat sb or not pay them what you owe them, especially by not leaving any money as a TIP
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 firm, rigid, inelastic, unbending, inflexible, hard, unbendable, tough, solid, solidified, stiffened, unyielding, brittle:
The table napkins were so stiff with starch that I almost cracked one.
2 severe, harsh, punitive, hurtful, punishing, abusive, torturous, distressing, afflictive, painful, overwhelming, unbearable, tormenting, merciless, excruciating, cruel, drastic, US cruel and unusual:
The government here has stiff penalties for drug traffickers.
3 strong, potent, powerful, overpowering, alcoholic:
After that kind of an ordeal, you could use a stiff drink, I'm sure.
4 vigorous, energetic, staunch, dogged, tenacious, resolute, resolved, determined, stubborn, obstinate, unyielding, indomitable, relentless:
They met with stiff opposition in trying to capture the fort.
5 strong, steady, powerful, fresh, brisk, spanking, gusty, forceful, howling:
We had to reduce sail because of a stiff westerly wind.
6 excessive, exorbitant, high, steep, expensive, dear:
They are asking a pretty stiff price these days for a bottle of good vintage port.
7 cool, haughty, rigid, wooden, stuffy, aloof, tense, intense, unrelaxed, forced, pompous, stilted, mannered, ceremonious, austere, formal, chilly, cold, unfriendly, standoffish, reserved, snobbish, Colloq snooty, Slang uptight:
Vince is warm and friendly, but his wife is as stiff as a poker.
8 stilted, unrelaxed, wooden, forced, artificial, laboured, pedantic, turgid, formal, prim, Colloq stuffy:
I have always found her writing to be rather stiff.
9 difficult, hard, steep, uphill, laborious, arduous, tiring, fatiguing, exhausting, harrowing, toilsome, rigorous, challenging, Colloq rough, tough:
It is quite a stiff climb to the top of the pyramid of Cheops. That was a stiff homework assignment.
10 solid, semi-solid, firm, hard, thick, dense, compact:
If you add a bit more water the next time, the jelly won't get quite so stiff.
n.
11 corpse, body, cadaver:
Barry had to go down to the morgue to identify some stiff they hauled out of the river.
12 skinflint, miser, Colloq cheapskate, Slang piker, US and Canadian tightwad:
A stiff is a customer who fails to leave a tip.
Collocation dictionary
1 difficult to bend/move
VERBS
be, feel, lie, look, sit, stand
She lay stiff and still beside him.
| become, get, go
My trousers were getting stiff with mud. My fingers had gone stiff with cold.
ADV.
very | a bit, fairly, quite, rather
PREP.
with
The clothes were stiff with dust and grease.
2 having sore muscles
VERBS
be, feel
He felt stiff all over.
| become, get, go
You'll get stiff if you don't have a hot bath.
| leave sb, make sb
All that digging made me really stiff.
ADV.
really, very | all
My arm's gone all stiff.
| a bit, a little, rather
PREP.
from
stiff from kneeling
3 strong/severe
VERBS
be, seem
Their punishment seemed rather stiff.
ADV.
very
in the face of some very stiff competition
| a bit, fairly, quite, rather
4 not friendly or relaxed
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound
She was aware that her words sounded stiff.
| become
ADV.
very | a bit, a little, rather, slightly, somewhat
His manner seemed rather stiff and impersonal.
Concise English dictionary
stiffs|stiffer|stiffeststɪf
noun
+an ordinary man
+the dead body of a human being
adj.
+not moving or operating freely
+powerful
+rigidly formal
+having a strong physiological or chemical effect
+marked by firm determination or resolution; not shakable
+incapable of or resistant to bending
+very drunk
adv.
+extremely
+in a stiff manner
