Word · CEFR B2 · Frequency #4115
stiff
尸体
A dead human body; a corpse.
- 1.
Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
任何可能通过再抽一张牌超过21点的硬牌
- 2.
an ordinary man
普通人
- 3.
the dead body of a human being
人类的尸体
平凡的人；硬牌；任何可能通过再抽一张牌超过21点的硬牌；普通人；人类的尸体
In use
He looked at his stiff, a total of sixteen, and decided to stand.
The manager dismissed him as just another stiff who would never complain.
In the old mystery novel, the detective finds a stiff in the library.
a lucky stiff
a working stiff
the murderer confessed that he threw the stiff in the river
Connections
Collocations
- working stiff
- 普通劳动者；上班族
- He's just a working stiff trying to pay the bills.他只是一个为了付账单而辛苦工作的普通人。
- poor stiff
- 可怜的家伙
- The poor stiff was conned out of his savings.那个可怜的家伙被骗走了积蓄。
- lucky stiff
- 走运的家伙
- Some lucky stiff got the last ticket.某个走运的家伙买到了最后一张票。
- big stiff
- 大笨蛋
- That big stiff never apologizes.那个大笨蛋从不道歉。
- unidentified stiff
- 身份不明的尸体
- The police found an unidentified stiff by the river.警方在河边发现了一具身份不明的尸体。
Idioms & figurative uses
Learner notes
Memory Tip
身体僵直(stiff)的死者叫 stiff；牌局里再抽会爆的硬牌也叫 stiff。记住‘僵’字，两种意思都通了。
Context & Register
语域：mixed 常见场景：blackjack tables、informal conversation stiff 作名词时有多个含义：在二十一点中指“硬牌”（再抽一张可能超过21点），多用于牌戏场合；也常作俚语指“尸体”，或较旧的非正式说法指“普通男人”。具体含义需根据语境判断。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All of these words rhyme with stiff /stɪf/ and are spelled with 'iff'. Beware of the lookalike 'stifle' /ˈstaɪfəl/, which starts with 'stif' but is pronounced with a long /aɪ/ and does not rhyme.
High-value vocabulary
该词属于 Oxford 核心词汇，值得优先掌握常见搭配和句型。
Usage priority
Collins 词频等级为 2，建议结合例句记忆，而不是只背中文释义。
Learn the forms together
页面下方列出了常见词形变化。学习时注意它们在句子中的语法位置。
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