Word · Frequency #21672
stubby
短粗的；粗短的
short and blunt
- 1.
Abounding with stubs.
多残株的
- 2.
Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
像残株的；短的,尤指剪短、粗硬僵直的；发育不良的；粗短的
多残株的；像残株的；短的,尤指剪短、粗硬僵直的；发育不良的；粗短的；又短又秃的(铅笔)；粗而短的(身材)；浓密短硬的(毛发)
In use
He tried to pick up the coin with his stubby fingers.
The dog's stubby tail wagged happily when I came home.
She drew a picture with a stubby pencil that was almost too short to hold.
stubby + noun
stubby 常用来形容身体部位或物体短而粗。
The puppy has stubby legs.
这只小狗有粗短的腿。
be stubby
作表语时说明主语短粗；描写铅笔时侧重因磨损而变短变钝。
The old pencil is stubby but still writes.
这支旧铅笔又短又秃，但还能写字。
stubbier than sth
比较级 stubbier 后可接 than 进行比较。
This pencil is stubbier than that one.
Connections
Collocations
- stubby fingers
- 短粗的手指
- The baby's stubby fingers grabbed the toy.婴儿短粗的手指抓住了玩具。
- stubby legs
- 短粗的腿
- The corgi has stubby legs but runs fast.柯基犬腿短粗，但跑得很快。
- stubby tail
- 短粗的尾巴
- The dog wagged its stubby tail happily.狗高兴地摇着短粗的尾巴。
- stubby pencil
- 用秃的短铅笔
- He wrote the note with a stubby pencil.他用一支短铅笔写下了便条。
- stubby bottle
- 矮胖的瓶子
- She drank water from a stubby bottle.她从一个矮胖的瓶子里喝水。
- stubby antenna
- 短粗的天线
Learner notes
Memory Tip
由stub（残端/树桩）联想：残端又短又钝，加-y成形容词，stubby就是‘短粗的’。
Context & Register
语域：neutral 常见场景：描述短粗的物体、描述矮壮的身材、描述短硬的毛发 stubby 通常用于日常描述，比较常见于口语或非正式场合，表示“短粗的”“短而硬的”；在正式书面语中较少使用。
Pronunciation & Spelling
All six words rhyme with stubby /ˈstʌbi/: their stressed vowel and following /bi/ match. Watch the lookalikes: stuffy /ˈstʌfi/, stubble /ˈstʌbəl/, and stubbly /ˈstʌbli/ look similar but sound different, and stub /stʌb/ lacks the final /i/.
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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