[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](人或组织机构)一本正经的，古板的，保守的Stuffy people or institutions are formal and old-fashioned.
[disapproval]
Why were grown-ups always so stuffy and slow to recognize good ideas?
为什么成年人总是那么一本正经，对好点子反应那么迟缓呢？
...a firm of lawyers in Lincoln's Inn, immensely stuffy and respectable.
林肯律师学院的一个非常古板而体面的律师事务所
...stuffy attitudes.
老脑筋
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词]通风不畅的；闷热的；空气不新鲜的 If it is stuffy in a place, it is unpleasantly warm and there is not enough fresh air.
It was hot and stuffy in the classroom.
教室里很闷热。
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[ADJ-GRADED 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词](鼻子)不通的，堵塞的 If you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked, usually because you have a cold.
[usu ADJ n]
Aromatic capsules are great for easing the discomfort of a stuffy nose.
芳香胶囊对缓解鼻塞有奇效。
stuffiness
Peppermint leaves are believed to relieve tiredness and nasal stuffiness.
据信薄荷叶可以减轻疲劳和鼻塞。
Oxford
stuffy/ˈstʌfi; NAmEˈstʌfi/adjective(stuff·ier,stuffi·est)1(of a building, room, etc. 建筑物、房间等)warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air 闷热的；闷人的；通风不畅的◆a stuffy room闷热的房间◆It gets very hot and stuffy in here in summer.这里夏天很热很闷。2( informal,disapproving) very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned 一本正经的；古板的；无聊的；保守的◆a stuffy, formal family一本正经而又古板的一家人◆plain, stuffy clothes朴素刻板的衣服3( especially NAmE) if you have a stuffynose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold （鼻子）不通的，堵住的；鼻塞的▶stuffi·ness/ˈstʌfinəs; NAmEˈstʌfinəs/noun[uncountable ]stuffystuffierstuffieststuffy/ˈstʌfi; NAmEˈstʌfi/stuffi·ness/ˈstʌfinəs; NAmEˈstʌfinəs/
LDC
stuffystuff‧y /ˈstʌfi/ adjective
Examples
Thesaurus
1a room or building that is stuffy does not have enough fresh air in it: It’s getting stuffy in here – do you mind if I open the window?2people, occasions, or places that are stuffy are too formal and old-fashioned – used to show disapproval: Their wedding was stuffy and formal. a stuffy old family—stuffiness noun [uncountable]: the stuffiness of the room
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