Word · Frequency #21672
stubby
短粗的；粗短的
核心释义
short and blunt
- 1.
多残株的
Abounding with stubs.
- 2.
像残株的；短的,尤指剪短、粗硬僵直的；发育不良的；粗短的
Like a stub; short, especially cut short, thick and stiff; stunted; stubbed.
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)
用法In use
He tried to pick up the coin with his stubby fingers.
用法提示：stubby 作定语修饰 fingers，表示‘短而粗的’。
The dog's stubby tail wagged happily when I came home.
用法提示：stubby 作定语修饰 tail，表示‘短而钝的’。
She drew a picture with a stubby pencil that was almost too short to hold.
用法提示：stubby 形容 pencil，表示‘又短又秃的’。
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.
相关词与表达Connections
搭配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
学习提示Learner notes
记忆技巧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’。
语境与语域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。
发音与拼写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/.
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