stub
英[st?b]
美[st?b]
- n. 存根；煙蒂；樹樁；斷株
- vt. 踩熄；連根拔除
- n. (Stub)人名；(挪、瑞典)斯圖布
詞態變化
復數:?stubs;第三人稱單數:?stubs;過去式:?stubbed;過去分詞:?stubbed;現在分詞:?stubbing;
助記提示
1. steep => stub => stubble.
中文詞源
stub 煙蒂，存根，票根
來自古英語 stybb,樹樁，樹墩，來自 Proto-Germanic*stubjaz,樹樁，樹墩，來自 PIE*steu,推， 擊，打，詞源同 study,stupid,type.引申詞義煙蒂，存根，票根等。
英文詞源
- stub (n.)
- Old English stybb "stump of a tree," from Proto-Germanic *stubjaz (cognates: Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from PIE root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Extended 14c. to other short, thick, protruding things. Meaning "remaining part of something partially consumed" is from 1520s.
- stub (v.)
- mid-15c., "dig up stumps, dig up by the roots," from stub (n.). The sens of "strike (one's toe) against" something projecting from a surface is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Related: Stubbed; stubbing.
雙語例句
- 1. Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
- 入口處的告示牌提醒游客們熄滅香煙。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. He paused to stub out the butt of his cigar.
- 他停下來，踩滅了手中的煙頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
- 他從耳后拿出一小段鉛筆頭。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. I can't write with this pencil stub.
- 我無法用這根鉛筆頭寫字.
來自《簡明英漢詞典》
- 5. She would sit there drawing with the pencil stub.
- 她會坐在那兒用鉛筆頭畫畫。
來自辭典例句