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Stuffy Adj Graded 能被表示程度的副词或介词词组修饰的形容词 Fresh 英 Stʌfi] 美 Stʌfi Adj.(房间等)不通气的;(人或事物)沉闷乏味的;自负的

英语单词 stuffy
英美音标 英 ['stʌfi] 美 ['stʌfi]
中文释义 adj.(房间等)不通气的;(人或事物)沉闷乏味的;自负的
英语例句 (1) Lacking fresh air; stuffy.
(2) The office was so stuffy that, knowing the Chief was away, the Secretary stripped to the shirt.
(3) The atmosphere is very stuffy in here can we open a window?
中文例句 (1) 不通风的缺乏新鲜空气的; 闷气的
(2) 办公室里十分闷热,由于知道主任出去了,这个秘书脱得剩衬衫。
(3) 这的空气很闷--咱们能把窗户打开吗?
柯林斯解释
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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](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。

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