常見例句用作形容詞 (adj.)用作定語: ~+ n.There is a sheet of stiff cardboard in the drawer.在那個抽屜里有塊硬紙板。The lawyer nodded a stiff greeting.那個律師不自然地點頭示意。I need a stiff whisky.我想喝點烈性的威士忌。He suffered a stiff punishment.他遭受了嚴厲的懲罰。We passed a stiff examination.我們剛通過了一次艱難的考試。The army encountered stiff resistance from rebels in the hills.部隊在山里遭到叛亂者頑強的抵抗。He asked a stiff price for his used car.他給自己的舊車開高價。用作表語: S+be+~The clay is very stiff; we must make it thinner with water.這黏土非常稠,我們須用水使它變得稀一些。The old man's joints were stiff.那個老人的關節(jié)不靈活了。Their manner was rather stiff.他們的態(tài)度很生硬。Competition is stiff here.這里的競爭很激烈。The asking price is too stiff.那個要價太高。S+be+~+ prep .-phraseHe is stiff with wounded left leg.他因左腿受傷而行動困難。He is very stiff with strangers.他在陌生人面前很拘謹。S+be+~+to- vThe paintbrush was too stiff to use.畫筆太硬了,沒法用。用作形容詞 (adj.)Shoes are often stiff when they are new.新鞋剛穿起來常常都是硬邦邦的。She cleaned the sink with a stiff brush.她用硬毛刷清洗水槽。His legs felt stiff from having sat for so long.由于坐得太久,他的雙腿感到僵直。He has to take a stiff test before he is qualified.在取得資格之前,他必須通過一次艱難的考試。Her rather stiff manner puts people off.她那相當生硬的態(tài)度使人們都不敢來。After two months of working, Ann was not as stiff as she used to be.經過兩個月的工作,安再也不像以前那樣拘謹了。That was a shock I need a stiff drink!這可真嚇人--我得喝點烈酒了。用作副詞 (adv.)The opera bored me stiff.這個歌劇真把我膩煩透了。Through this ordeal Heng lay stiff and silent.在這個嚴酷的考驗中,恒一直僵硬地躺著,默不作聲。Once he thought of him with a shudder, lying cold and stiff at the bottom of some shallow stream, with his dead face turned toward the darkening sky.有一回,他不寒而栗地想到喬治冰冷僵硬地躺在一條淺淺的溪水里,死去的臉朝著黑沉沉的天空。 返回 stiffed