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stark + adjective
stark 作副词只能修饰少数形容词，如 naked，表示“完全地”。
The explorers were stark naked.
探险者们一丝不挂。
完全地；彻底地；绝对地
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
完全地；彻底地；绝对地
entirely; absolutely
The explorers were stark naked.
探险者们一丝不挂。
完全地；彻底地；绝对地
Starkly; entirely, absolutely.
When the bucket of water spilled, the boy jumped out of the bath and stood in the middle of the room stark naked.
当一桶水洒出来时，男孩从浴缸里跳出来，一丝不挂地站在房间中央。
After the snowstorm, the whole field lay stark white under the moonlight.
暴风雪过后，整片田野在月光下白茫茫一片。
The idea of swimming in winter seems stark raving mad to most people.
冬天去游泳的想法在大多数人看来简直疯狂透顶。
stark 作副词只能修饰少数形容词，如 naked，表示“完全地”。
The explorers were stark naked.
探险者们一丝不挂。
stark 也可用于形容词短语前，如 raving mad，起强调作用。
The idea is stark raving mad.
这个想法完全疯狂。
Not this
He stark refused the offer.
Use this
He absolutely refused the offer.
stark作副词表示“完全地”时，只用来修饰形容词或副词（如stark naked），不能放在动词前修饰refuse这类行为动词；表达“完全拒绝”应用absolutely或completely。
Not this
He was starkly naked in the cold.
Use this
He was stark naked in the cold.
stark naked是固定搭配，stark在此已是副词，表示“完全地、十足地”；不需要也不应该加-ly变成starkly。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
一丝不挂的，完全赤裸的
She opened the door and found him standing there stark naked.
她打开门，发现他一丝不挂地站在那里。
彻底发疯的，完全疯癫的
The noise from the construction site is driving me stark raving mad.
建筑工地的噪音快把我逼疯了。
纯白的，雪白的
The gallery walls are painted stark white to show off the paintings.
画廊的墙壁被刷成纯白色，以衬托画作。
一丝不挂的，全裸的
She ran out of the bathroom stark naked.
她一丝不挂地跑出了浴室。
完全疯了的，彻底疯狂的
You must be stark raving mad to drive in this storm.
在这种暴风雨里开车，你一定是彻底疯了。
Use stark naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
联想 stark naked（一丝不挂）中的 stark 表示“完全地”：完全没穿衣服，就是彻底、绝对。
语域：mixed 常见场景：固定搭配/习语、书面或正式语体 作副词时，stark 多用于固定搭配中，如 stark naked、stark raving mad，表示“完全、彻底”；在一般场合较少单独使用，比较常见于书面或略带文学色彩的表达，口语中更常用 completely 或 totally。
Words sharing the rhyme with stark (pronounced /stɑ:k/): mark, park, dark, bark, and shark. They match in the stressed vowel and final /k/. Useful lookalikes that sound different: star /stɑː/ (no final /k/), stare /steə/, stork /stɔːk/, and stack /stæk/.
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