stiffness

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Rigidity or a measure of rigidity. countable,uncountable
  2. Inflexibility or a measure of inflexibility. countable,uncountable
  3. Inelegance; a lack of relaxedness. countable,uncountable
    — His stiffness hampered the conversation.
  4. Muscular tension due to unaccustomed or excessive exercise or work; soreness. countable,uncountable
    — Juvenile rheumatoid arthritis (JRA), often referred to by doctors today as juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), is a type of arthritis that causes joint inflammation and stiffness for more than six weeks in a child aged 16 or younger. It affects approximately 50,000 children in the United States. Inflammation causes redness, swelling, warmth, and soreness in the joints, although many children with JRA do not complain of joint pain.

词形变化

stiffnesses plural

词汇关系

衍生词
death-stiffness

词源

From Middle English stiffenes, styffenesse, styfnesse; equivalent to stiff + -ness. Perhaps merging with Middle English stithnesse, stithnysse, from Old English stīþness (“stiffness”).
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