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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。
短粗的；粗短的
先理解核心含义，再看它在真实句子里的用法。
短粗的；粗短的
short and blunt
The puppy has stubby legs.
这只小狗有粗短的腿。
多残株的
Abounding with stubs.
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.
He tried to pick up the coin with his stubby fingers.
他试图用他短粗的手指捡起硬币。
The dog's stubby tail wagged happily when I came home.
我回家时，那只狗短粗的尾巴高兴地摇着。
She drew a picture with a stubby pencil that was almost too short to hold.
她用一支几乎短得握不住的秃铅笔画画。
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。
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。
比较级 stubbier 后可接 than 进行比较。
This pencil is stubbier than that one.
这支铅笔比那支更短更粗。
Not this
He is very stubby and never changes his mind.
Use this
He is very stubborn and never changes his mind.
stubby 意为“短粗的”，只用来描述物体或身体部位的形状，不能表示人的性格固执；表示“固执”应用 stubborn。这两个词拼写相近，但含义不同。
Not this
My fingers are more stubby than yours.
Use this
My fingers are stubbier than yours.
stubby 是单音节形容词，比较级应直接加 -er 构成 stubbier，而不是用 more stubby。more 通常用于多音节形容词或部分双音节形容词，不用于单音节形容词。
Focus on the distinctions below. Other candidates are kept compact until a reliable usage note is available.
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。
短粗的腿
The corgi has stubby legs but runs fast.
柯基犬腿短粗，但跑得很快。
短粗的尾巴
The dog wagged its stubby tail happily.
狗高兴地摇着短粗的尾巴。
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。
矮胖的瓶子
She drank water from a stubby bottle.
她从一个矮胖的瓶子里喝水。
短粗的天线
The old radio had a stubby antenna.
那台旧收音机有一根短粗的天线。
Use stubby naturally, then get feedback on meaning, tone, grammar, and phrasing.
Revisit a common error or keep this word in your review list.
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。
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/.
Dictionary facts from ECDICT, WIKTIONARY.