a stiff
二十一点术语,指再抽一张牌就可能超过21点的牌型。
He was dealt a stiff and decided to stand.
他被发到一手硬牌,决定不要牌。
尸体
stiffs — plural of stiff
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
A dead human body; a corpse.
任何可能通过再抽一张牌超过21点的硬牌
Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
普通人
an ordinary man
人类的尸体
the dead body of a human being
He looked at his stiff, a total of sixteen, and decided to stand.
他看着自己的硬牌,总点数十六,决定停牌。
用法提示:名词,指二十一点中再抽一张就可能超过21点的硬牌。
AI contextual example
The manager dismissed him as just another stiff who would never complain.
经理不把他当回事,认为他不过是个从不会抱怨的普通人。
用法提示:名词,口语中指普通男子、平凡人。
AI contextual example
In the old mystery novel, the detective finds a stiff in the library.
在这本老侦探小说里,侦探在图书馆里发现了一具尸体。
用法提示:名词,俚语中指人的尸体。
AI contextual example
二十一点术语,指再抽一张牌就可能超过21点的牌型。
He was dealt a stiff and decided to stand.
他被发到一手硬牌,决定不要牌。
非正式用语,指人的尸体,常出现在侦探小说或口语中。
The police found the stiff in the abandoned house.
警方在废弃的房子里发现了那具尸体。
复数形式,常与 working 连用,指普通劳动者,略带贬义。
The factory was full of working stiffs.
工厂里满是普通工人。
grammar · medium
易错句子The police found two stiff in the abandoned house.
正确表达The police found two stiffs in the abandoned house.
stiff 作名词(尸体等)是可数名词,表示“不止一个”时必须用复数形式 stiffs。汉语名词不靠词形变化表示复数,学习者容易漏掉词尾 -s。
grammar · medium
易错句子After the long flight, my neck was a stiff.
正确表达After the long flight, my neck was stiff.
表示身体部位“僵硬”要用形容词 stiff 作表语,前面不能加冠词 a/an;一旦加上 a,它就成了名词,意思是“一具尸体”或“一个普通人”,句意完全改变。汉语说“我的脖子很僵硬”不区分形容词和名词,容易发生这种迁移错误。
grammar · medium
易错句子There was stiff lying on the beach.
正确表达There was a stiff lying on the beach.
stiff 指“尸体”时是可数名词单数,泛指某具尸体时前面必须加不定冠词 a/an。汉语没有冠词系统,学习者常在单数可数名词前直接省略冠词。
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。
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。
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。
大笨蛋
That big stiff never apologizes.
那个大笨蛋从不道歉。
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。
stiff(尸体)通常要举行葬礼,二者同属丧葬话题。
遗体在安葬前可能被送往morgue存放或检查。
尸体下葬时常被安放在coffin中。
stiff的最终处理方式常涉及burial。
为了查明死因,可能对stiff进行autopsy。
普通劳动者;上班族
He's just a working stiff like the rest of us, saving for retirement.
他跟我们一样只是个普通上班族,正在为退休存钱。
可怜的家伙;倒霉鬼
The poor stiff waited all day for a call that never came.
那个可怜的家伙等了一整天的电话,结果电话根本没打来。
走运的家伙;幸运儿
You lucky stiff, winning the lottery twice!
你这个走运的家伙,竟然中了两次彩票!
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