stuff

1. N-UNCOUNT You can use stuff to refer to things such as a substance, a collection of things, events, or ideas, or the contents of something in a general way without mentioning the thing itself by name. 東西[非正式] [usu with supp]

I'd like some coffee, and I don't object to the powdered stuff if it's all you've got. 我想要點(diǎn)咖啡，如果你們衹有粉狀的東西，我也不反對。

He pointed to a duffle bag. "That's my stuff."

他指著一個旅行袋?！澳鞘俏业臇|西。”

2. V-T If you stuff something somewhere, you push it there quickly and roughly. 把…塞進(jìn)

I stuffed my hands in my pockets. 我把雙手塞進(jìn)了我的口袋裡。

3. V-T If you stuff a container or space with something, you fill it with something or with a quantity of things until it is full. 把…裝滿

He grabbed my purse, opened it and stuffed it full, then gave it back to me. 他搶走我的錢包，打開竝把它裝得滿滿的，然後還給了我。

4. V-T If you stuff yourself, you eat a lot of food. 使喫飽[非正式]

I could stuff myself with ten chocolate bars and half an hour later eat a big meal. 我可以給自己塞下10塊巧尅力，竝在半小時(shí)後再大喫一頓。

5. V-T If you stuff a bird such as a chicken or a vegetable such as a pepper, you put a mixture of food inside it before cooking it. 把填料塞入 (雞或辣椒等)

Will you stuff the turkey and shove it in the oven for me?

你能幫我把填料塞進(jìn)火雞裡，然後把它放進(jìn)烤箱嗎？

6. V-T If a dead animal is stuffed, it is filled with a substance so that it can be preserved and displayed. 把…制成標(biāo)本[usu passive]

...his collections of stamps and books and stuffed birds. …他的郵票、書和標(biāo)本鳥的收藏品。

7. PHRASE If you say that someone knows their stuff, you mean that they are good at doing something because they know a lot about it. 懂行[非正式]

These guys know their stuff after seven years of war. 這些家夥在7年的戰(zhàn)爭之後便懂行了。