stuff

名词 n. 动词 v.
/stʌf/    /stʌf/|/stɐf/

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects. informal,uncountable,usually
    — What is all that stuff on your bedroom floor? He didn't want his pockets to bulge so he was walking around with all his stuff in his hands.
  2. Miscellaneous items or objects; (with possessive) personal effects.; Furniture; goods; domestic vessels or utensils. informal,obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — and there went up after David about four hundred men; and two hundred abode by the stuff.
  3. Unspecified things or matters. informal,uncountable,usually
    — I had to do some stuff.
  4. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object. uncountable,usually
    — Near-synonyms: constituents, ingredients; see also Thesaurus:substance
  5. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; A material for making clothing; any woven textile, but especially a woollen fabric. archaic,uncountable,usually
    — Without waiting for a reply, she unbound the veil from her head, and took off the loose black novice's robe, which she had put over a gray stuff dress similar to that worn by Lucy.
  6. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; Boards used for building. archaic,uncountable,usually
  7. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; Abstract/figurative substance or character. uncountable,usually
    — When that the poor have cried, Caesar hath wept; / Ambition should be made of sterner stuff
  8. The tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object.; Paper stock ground ready for use. When partly ground, it is called half stuff. uncountable,usually
  9. Used as placeholder, usually for material of unknown type or name. informal,uncountable,usually
    — Can I have some of that stuff on my ice-cream sundae?
  10. Narcotic drugs, especially heroin. slang,uncountable,usually
    — For some idiotic reason the bureaucrats are more opposed to tea than to stuff.
  11. A medicine or mixture; a potion. obsolete,uncountable,usually
    — I[…]did compound for her / A certaine ſtuffe, which being tane, would ceaſe / The preſent powre of life[…].
  12. Refuse or worthless matter; hence, also, foolish or irrational language. euphemistic,sometimes,uncountable,usually
    — Don't give me any of that 'what-about' stuff!
  13. A melted mass of turpentine, tallow, etc., with which the masts, sides, and bottom of a ship are smeared for lubrication. uncountable,usually
    — The master, at my earnest solicitation, examined his vessel, and though he prefers the coal tar, yet he told me, there were shells sticking on, and that a very thin coat of stuff, if any, remained.
  14. Money. dated,slang,uncountable,usually
动词 v.
  1. To fill by packing or crowding something into; to cram with something; to load to excess. transitive
    — I'm going to stuff this pillow with feathers.
  2. To fill a space with (something) in a compressed manner. transitive
    — He stuffed his clothes into the closet and shut the door.
  3. To fill with seasoning. transitive
    — She stuffed the turkey for Thanksgiving using her secret recipe.
  4. To load goods into (a container) for transport. transitive
  5. To sate. transitive
    — I’m stuffed after having eaten all that turkey, mashed potatoes and delicious stuffing.
  6. To eat, especially in a hearty or greedy manner. pronominal,usually
    — She sits on the sofa all day, watching TV and stuffing herself with cream buns.
  7. To break; to destroy. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,transitive
    — He skidded off the road and totally stuffed his brand new car.
  8. To sexually penetrate. Australia,New-Zealand,UK,transitive,vulgar
    — His wife came home early and found him on the couch stuffing the maid.
  9. Used to contemptuously dismiss or reject something. See also stuff it. imperative,mildly,often,transitive,vulgar
    — Stuff your stupid rules, I'll do what I like.
  10. To heavily defeat or get the better of. informal
    — Mudchester Rovers were stuffed 7–0 in the semi-final.
  11. To cut off another competitor in a race by disturbing his projected and committed racing line (trajectory) by an abrupt manoeuvre. transitive
    — I got stuffed by that guy on the supermoto going into that turn, almost causing us to crash.
  12. To preserve a dead bird or other animal by filling its skin.
    — KANG: When I take this ship, I'll have Kirk's head stuffed and hung on his cabin wall. // MARA: They will kill us before we can act. // KANG: No, they wish to question us, learn our strength, our plans. They never will. // MARA: We are forty against four hundred. // KLINGON: Four thousand throats may be cut in one night by a running man. // KANG: Patience. Vigilance. They will make a mistake. Capture of the Enterprise will give us knowledge to end this war quickly.
  13. To obstruct, as any of the organs; to affect with some obstruction in the organs of sense or respiration. transitive
    — I'm stuffed, cousin; I cannot smell.
  14. To form or fashion by packing with the necessary material. transitive
    — An Eastern king put a judge to death for an iniquitous sentence, and ordered his hide to be stuffed into a cushion, and placed upon the tribunal.
  15. To crowd with facts; to cram the mind of; sometimes, to crowd or fill with false or idle tales or fancies. dated,transitive
  16. To compress (a file or files) in the StuffIt format, to be unstuffed later. transitive

词形变化

stuffs plural stuffs present,singular,third-person stuffing participle,present stuffed participle,past stuffed past

词源

词源 1
From Middle English stuf, stuffe, from Anglo-Latin stuffa and its etymon Old French estofe, estoffe, estuf, estuffe, stoffe, from estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.
词源 2
From Middle English stuffen (“to equip, furnish”), borrowed from Old French estoffer, estofer (“to provide what is necessary, equip, stuff”), borrowed from Old High German stoffōn, from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn (“to clog up, block, fill”). More at stop.
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