BODY 身体, if someone or a part of their body is stiff, their muscles hurt and it is difficult for them to move

僵直的; 酸痛的:

Her legs were stiff from kneeling.

她的双腿跪得僵硬了。

Her fingers were stiff with cold.

她的手指冻僵了。

Alastair woke up on the sofa with a stiff neck.

阿拉斯泰尔从沙发上醒来时感到颈部发僵。

I never felt stiff after training until I was in my thirties.

三十岁之前，训练后我从不会感到肌肉酸痛。

The next morning I was as stiff as a board (=very stiff) .

第二天早上，我感到浑身僵直。

MATERIAL / SUBSTANCE 材料/物质, firm, hard, or difficult to bend

硬的，挺的，不易弯曲的:

a shirt with a stiff collar

领子挺括的衬衫

MIXTURE 混合物, a stiff mixture is thick and almost solid, so that it is not easy to mix

稠的，难搅拌的:

Beat the egg whites until stiff.

把蛋白打到发稠。

a stiff dough

硬面团

DIFFICULT 困难的, difficult, strict, or severe

艰难的; 严格的; 严厉的:

calls for stiffer penalties for rapists

要求对强奸犯处以更严厉刑罚的呼吁

Graduates face stiff competition in getting jobs.

大学毕业生面临激烈的求职竞争。

The development plans have met with stiff opposition.

开发计划遭到了激烈的反对。

DOOR / DRAWER ETC 门/抽屉等, [BrE] difficult to move, turn, or open

难移动的; 难转动的; 难打开的:

Pull hard – that drawer's very stiff.

使劲拉 — 那个抽屉很紧。

UNFRIENDLY 不友好的, if someone's behaviour is stiff, they behave in a very formal or unfriendly way

生硬的; 不友好的:

Their goodbyes were stiff and formal .

他们的道别生硬刻板。

Parsons gave a stiff performance in the main role.

帕森斯把主要角色演得很生硬。

PRICE 价格, a stiff price etc is high, especially higher than the price etc of similar things

高昂的;〔尤指〕过高的:

a stiff tax on cigarettes

过高的香烟税

stiff wind / breeze, a fairly strong wind etc

强风

stiff drink / whisky etc, a very strong alcoholic drink

烈性酒/威士忌等

stiff upper lip, the ability to stay calm and not show your feelings in a difficult or upsetting situation

〔面对困难时〕沉着坚强，沉着不外露:

Men were taught to keep a stiff upper lip .

男人被教导要沉着坚强。

bored / scared / worried stiff, [informal] extremely bored, frightened, or worried

极其腻烦/害怕/担心:

As a child I was scared stiff of going down to the cellar.

小时候，我非常害怕到地下室去。

frozen stiff

the body of a dead person

死尸，尸体

working stiff, [AmE] an ordinary person who works to earn enough money to live

〔依靠劳动挣钱谋生的〕普通人

someone who you think is old-fashioned and too formal

古板的人:

His unusual business tactics outraged the stiffs of the UK establishment.

他的另类经营策略使英国机构里的那些古板的人大为光火。

[T] [AmE] to cheat someone by not paying them, especially by not leaving a TIP in a restaurant

不付钱给…;〔尤指〕不给…小费:

I can't believe that couple stiffed me!

我不敢相信那对夫妇竟然不给我小费！

[I] if a new product, film, show etc stiffs, it does not sell well or fails completely

〔新产品、电影、节目等〕不畅销，彻底失败;

They had a hit in the 1990s, but their subsequent releases stiffed.

20 世纪 90 年代时他们出过一张热门唱片，但后来的却不畅销。