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stiffly adv.顽固地；僵硬地；拘谨地 (1) 我僵硬地往下看着我的手指、摆弄着他们。(2) 正在这时候，老头子硬挺挺地走到院子里。(3) 三位官员拘谨地挥了挥手。 Something can move stiffly in a physical sense: your grandmother's knees might bend slowly and stiffly as she eases into a comfortable chair. You can also use stiffly when you're describing someone who is socially uncomfortable. A very formal little boy might stiffly welcome his guests to his seventh birthday party, for example. Stiffly comes from the adjective stiff, with its Old English root of stif, "rigid or inflexible.

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英 [stɪfli] 美 [stɪfli] (1) I looked down at my fingers and flexed them stiffly.(2) Just then the old man strode stiffly into the courtyard.(3) The three officials waved stiffly. Use the adverb stiffly to describe something that's done in an awkward or rigid way. If you stiffly introduce yourself to your new neighbor, you're a little inept about it, not very graceful or smooth.

英语单词	stiffly
英美音标	英 [stɪfli] 美 [stɪfli]
中文释义	adv.顽固地；僵硬地；拘谨地
英语例句	(1) I looked down at my fingers and flexed them stiffly. (2) Just then the old man strode stiffly into the courtyard. (3) The three officials waved stiffly.
中文例句	(1) 我僵硬地往下看着我的手指、摆弄着他们。 (2) 正在这时候，老头子硬挺挺地走到院子里。 (3) 三位官员拘谨地挥了挥手。
vocabulary简明	Use the adverb stiffly to describe something that's done in an awkward or rigid way. If you stiffly introduce yourself to your new neighbor, you're a little inept about it, not very graceful or smooth.
vocabulary扩展	Something can move stiffly in a physical sense: your grandmother's knees might bend slowly and stiffly as she eases into a comfortable chair. You can also use stiffly when you're describing someone who is socially uncomfortable. A very formal little boy might stiffly welcome his guests to his seventh birthday party, for example. Stiffly comes from the adjective stiff, with its Old English root of stif, "rigid or inflexible.

Stiffly 英 Stɪfli] 美 Stɪfli Adv.顽固地；僵硬地；拘谨地 I Looked Fingers