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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++LDOCE 5++stick1 /stɪk/ ●●● S1 W3 verb (past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) 1 attach 粘贴 [intransitive, transitive]STICK to attach something to something else using a substance, or to become attached to a surface 粘，贴stick something on/to/in etc something Someone had stuck posters all over the walls. 有人把海报贴满了墙。stick to/together I could feel my shirt sticking to my back. 我能感觉到衬衫贴在了背上。 The oil keeps the pasta from sticking together. 油可避免意大利面粘在一起。 This stamp won’t stick properly. 这张邮票贴不牢。2 push in 插进 [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition]D if a pointed object sticks into something, or if you stick it there, it is pushed into it 刺，戳，插stick (something) in/into/through something pins stuck in a notice board 插在布告板上的大头针 The boy stuck his finger up his nose. 小男孩把手指塞到鼻孔里。3 put 放置 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informalPUT to put something somewhere quickly and without much care 〔随便〕摆放，放置 SYN bung Just stick it in the microwave for a few minutes. 把它放进微波炉里加热几分钟就行。 The cards had been stuck through the letterbox. 卡片被塞进信箱。► see thesaurus at put4 move part of body 移动身体部位 [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you stick a part of your body somewhere, you put it in a position where other people can see it 伸进，伸向 SYN put Clara stuck her head around the door to see who was there. 克拉拉从门后探出头来看看是谁。 The baby stuck his legs in the air. 宝宝把腿踢得高高的。 Don’t stick your tongue out. It’s rude! 别吐舌头，这很没礼貌！5 difficult to move 难以移动 [intransitive]STICK if something sticks, it becomes fixed in one position and is difficult to move 卡住，钉住 This door keeps sticking. 这扇门老是卡住。 The wheels stuck fast (=stuck completely) in the mud. 轮子牢牢地陷在泥里。6 stick in somebody’s mind REMEMBERif something sticks in your mind, you remember it well because it is unusual or interesting 〔因不同寻常或有趣而〕深深留在某人的脑海里，令某人记忆犹新 It’s the kind of name that sticks in your mind. 那是你听过就不会忘记的那种名字。7 make something stick informal a) to prove that something is true 证明某事属实 Is there enough evidence to make the charges stick? 有足够的证据证明这些指控成立吗？ b) to make a change become permanent 使〔某一变化〕确立下来 The government has succeeded in making this policy stick. 政府成功地使这项政策确定下来。8 name 名字 [intransitive]CONTINUE/NOT STOP if a name that someone has invented sticks, people continue using it 〔起的绰号〕被叫开 One newspaper dubbed him ‘Eddie the Eagle’, and the name stuck. 一家报纸戏称他为“老鹰埃迪”，这个绰号就被叫开了。9 somebody can stick something spokenREJECT/NOT ACCEPT used to say angrily that you do not want what someone is offering you 某人自己留着某事物吧〔用于生气地表示自己不要某人所给的东西〕 I told them they could stick their job. 我叫他们还是自己留着那份工 作吧。10 stay in bad situation 处于糟糕的处境 [transitive] British English spoken to continue to accept a situation or person, even though you do not like them 容忍，忍受 SYN stand I can’t stick mum’s new boyfriend. 我受不了我妈的新男友。can’t stick doing something Gerry can’t stick working for Featherstone’s any longer. 格里再也无法忍受继续为费瑟斯通工作了。 I don’t know how you stick it. 我不知道你是怎么忍下来的。11 stick in somebody’s throat/gullet British English, stick in somebody’s craw American EnglishACCEPT if a situation or someone’s behaviour sticks in your throat, it is so annoying that you cannot accept it 〔某种处境或某人的行为〕使某人难以接受12. stick in somebody’s throat if words stick in your throat, you are unable to say them because you are afraid or upset 〔因害怕或生气〕使某人难以启齿[说不出口]13. stick to somebody’s ribs informal food that sticks to your ribs is very satisfying, so you are not hungry after you have eaten 饱餐一顿 → stuck1, → stick/poke your nose into something at nose1(3) PHRASAL VERBS→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpus
stick• She pressed down the flap of the envelope, but it didn't stick.• This cupboard door keeps sticking.• Clark called him "Mule, " because he looked like a pack mule, and the name stuck.• I'm sticking.• Put some butter on the pan so the cookies don't stick.• The doctor had to stick a tube down my throat in order to examine my stomach.• It took hours to stick all these photos in my album.• They announced that they wanted to talk to everyone, and they asked everyone to stick around for a while.• And marriage developed everywhere to encourage men to stick around their children.• She stuck her chewing gum on the bottom of the chair.• I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code.• Teenagers can not wreak that kind of havoc when they are stuck inside.• They stuck pins into a map to show where the enemy's camps were.• I stuck the pictures in a drawer and forgot all about them.• The experts avoid sticking their own necks out.• The vase broke into several pieces, but I was able to stick them all back together.• "What should I do with these?" "Oh, just stick them anywhere."• Mind you, I don't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either.• Stick this note to Chris's computer so he sees it when he gets back.• Peter was very hot, and his shirt was sticking to his back.• It was only a little flurry, but it was wet, clumping gobs of snow that stuck to the windshield.• Paul stuck two pieces of paper together.stick to/together• Some of these things stick to a magnet.• I also think it's important to stick to a recorded solo from the standpoint of a fan.• With the bubbles sticking to it, the density of the grape was less than that of the soda.• In practice, this means it is best to stick to one brand.• At the market, stick to produce that is in season.• Why doesn't one just stick to the ordinary, real time that we understand?• Her hands and face were skinned from the descent, the gravel sticking to the skin and stinging.• They stick to the three cardinal investment principles set down by the national organization: .stick ... tongue out• With her eyes still crossed, she stuck her tongue out and tried to curl it upwards.• Mitchell turned around lust in time to see her stick her tongue out at him.• As I watched it soar over the crossbar, .Jamir stuck his tongue out in ridicule and blew a raspberry.• As well as the obvious, known tastes of food and drink, stick your tongue out to discover what the air tastes like.• If children on the programme stick their tongues out, we don't condemn it.stuck fast• But once established, life stuck fast.• It was summer, and the door, which was rarely opened, must have swelled in place and stuck fast.• The 13-year-old boy's left leg had become stuck fast in railings near Conwy Road Bridge.• The front of the boat was stuck fast in the mud.• We are an odd collection assembled here, stuck fast like stubborn limpets to that eastern shore throughout the winter.• They were helpless little flies stuck fast to a sticky trap from which there was no escape.• After he had hit, Silva chased up the hill to establish that his ball had stuck fast to the putting surface.stick it• I reckon it must have been a practical joke: some one sticking it in her chair.• You make a SHlme LEchl and some one sticks it in.• Tom folded the letter and stuck it into his jacket pocket.• I fill up his new dish to the top and stick it on the floor.• I knew she had to come to me each time, it was just a case of sticking it out.• If he could do the thing at all, could he stick it through?• I couldn't stick it up at the back or I'd look aged, haggard, forty years old.stick2 ●●● S3 noun [countable] 1 part of tree 树的组成部分D a long thin piece of wood from a tree, which is no longer attached to the tree 柴枝，枝条 → branch, twig2 DStool 工具 a long thin piece of wood, plastic etc that you use for a particular purpose 〔有特殊用途的〕棍；签；条；槌3 DFpiece 条,片,棍 a long thin or round piece of something 条状物；棍状物4 sports 体育运动 a long, specially shaped piece of wood, plastic etc that you use in some sports to hit a ball 球棍，球棒5 (out) in the sticks AREAa long way from a town or city 在偏远乡村，在边远地区6 get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick British English informalUNDERSTAND# to understand a situation in completely the wrong way 完全误解7 a stick to beat somebody with something that can be used as a reason for criticizing someone 用于批评某人的把柄8. plane 飞机 the handle you use to control a plane 操纵杆，驾驶杆 → joystick9. car 汽车 American English informalTTC a stick shift 〔汽车的〕变速杆，换挡杆10. get on the stick American English spoken to start doing something you should be doing 开始加紧干11 give somebody/get (some) stick British English spokenCRITICIZE if you give someone stick, you criticize them for something they have done 批评某人12. up sticks British English informalLEAVE YOUR HOME/COUNTRY if you up sticks, you move to a different area 搬家 → carrot and stick at carrot(3)Examples from the Corpus
stick• Stick insects look like sticks and so are saved from being eaten by birds.• Julitis disgustedly cleaned it frorn her shoe with a stick.• He didn't half go into him with his stick.• Using his thick bill, he played with the leaves, sticks, and grass stems at the edge of his nest.• He dipped the oil stick in again.• The hon. Gentleman has got the wrong end of the stick about how they work.• a walking stickOrigin stick1 Old English stician stick2 Old English sticca Corpus attach substance, to a something else something to using
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stick1 S1 W3 /stɪk/ 
verb (past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/)
stick something on/to/in etc something
Someone had stuck posters all over the walls.
stick to/together
I could feel my shirt sticking to my back.
The oil keeps the pasta from sticking together.
This stamp won’t stick properly.
2. PUSH IN [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a pointed object sticks into something, or if you stick it there, it is pushed into it
stick (something) in/into/through something
pins stuck in a notice board
The boy stuck his finger up his nose.
3. PUT [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to put something somewhere quickly and without much care
SYN bung:
Just stick it in the microwave for a few minutes.
The cards had been stuck through the letterbox.
4. MOVE PART OF BODY [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you stick a part of your body somewhere, you put it in a position where other people can see it
SYN put:
Clara stuck her head around the door to see who was there.
The baby stuck his legs in the air.
Don’t stick your tongue out. It’s rude__
5. DIFFICULT TO MOVE [intransitive] if something sticks, it becomes fixed in one position and is difficult to move:
This door keeps sticking.
The wheels stuck fast (=stuck completely) in the mud.
6. stick in sb’s mind if something sticks in your mind, you remember it well because it is unusual or interesting:
It’s the kind of name that sticks in your mind.
7. make something stick informal
a. to prove that something is true:
Is there enough evidence to make the charges stick?
b. to make a change become permanent:
The government has succeeded in making this policy stick.
8. NAME [intransitive] if a name that someone has invented sticks, people continue using it:
One newspaper dubbed him ‘Eddie the Eagle’, and the name stuck.
9. somebody can stick something spoken used to say angrily that you do not want what someone is offering you:
I told them they could stick their job.
10. STAY IN BAD SITUATION [transitive] British English spoken to continue to accept a situation or person, even though you do not like them
SYN stand:
I can’t stick mum’s new boyfriend.
can’t stick doing something
Gerry can’t stick working for Featherstone’s any longer.
I don’t know how you stick it.
11. stick in sb’s throat/gullet British English, stick in sb’s craw American English if a situation or someone’s behaviour sticks in your throat, it is so annoying that you cannot accept it:
Her criticism really stuck in my craw.
12. stick in sb’s throat if words stick in your throat, you are unable to say them because you are afraid or upset
13. stick to sb’s ribs informal food that sticks to your ribs is very satisfying, so you are not hungry after you have eaten
⇨ stuck, ⇨ stick/poke your nose into something at nose1(3)
▪ put to move something to a particular place: I’ve put the wine in the fridge. | Where have you put my grey shirt?
▪place to put something somewhere carefully: ‘It’s beautiful,’ he said, placing it back on the shelf.
▪lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface: He laid all the money on the table. | She laid the baby on his bed.
▪position to carefully put something in a suitable position: Position the microphone to suit your height. | Troops were positioned around the city.
▪slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement: He slipped his arm around her waist. | Carrie quickly slipped the money into her bag.
▪shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly: Shove anything you don’t want in that sack. | I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer.
▪stick (also bung British English) informal to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly: I stuck the address in my pocket and I can’t find it now. | Could you bung those clothes in the washing machine?
▪dump to put something down somewhere in a careless and untidy way: Don’t just dump all your bags in the kitchen. | People shouldn’t dump rubbish at the side of the street.
▪pop informal to quickly put something somewhere, usually for a short time: Pop it in the microwave for a minute.
▪thrust literary to put something somewhere suddenly or forcefully: ‘Hide it,’ he said, thrusting the watch into her hand.
stick around phrasal verb informal
to stay in a place a little longer, waiting for something to happen:
Perhaps you’d like to stick around and watch?
Tom will be sticking around for a while.
stick at something phrasal verb British English
1. to continue doing something in a determined way in order to achieve something:
Revising with your friends may help you stick at it.
2. stick at nothing informal to be willing to do anything, even if it is illegal, in order to achieve something
stick at nothing to do something
He will stick at nothing to make money.
stick by somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to remain loyal to a friend when they have done something wrong or have problems:
I love him and, whatever happens, I’ll stick by him.
Jean has stuck by her husband through thick and thin.
2. to do what you promised or decided to do
stick by a decision/promise etc
He has stuck by his radical plans for economic reform.
stick out phrasal verb
1. if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface:
The children were so thin their ribs stuck out.
stick out of/from/through etc
Paul’s legs were sticking out from under the car.
2. stick it out to continue doing something that is difficult, painful, or boring:
It wasn’t a happy period of his life, but he stuck it out.
3. stick your neck out informal to risk giving your opinion about something, even though you may be wrong or other people may disagree with you:
I’m going to stick my neck out with some predictions for the next two years.
4. stick out to somebody/stick out in sb’s mind to seem more important to someone than other people or things:
The thing that sticks out to me is that they need more help than they’re getting.
⇨ stick/stand out a mile at mile(5), ⇨ stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)
stick out for something phrasal verb British English informal
to refuse to accept less than what you asked for
SYN hold out for:
They offered him £250 but Vic stuck out for £500.
stick to something phrasal verb
1. to do or keep doing what you said you would do or what you believe in, even when it is difficult
SYN keep to:
Have you been sticking to your diet?
stick to your decision/principles etc
Miguel was determined to stick to his decision.
It looks as if Nick will stick to his word this time.
2. to keep using or doing one particular thing and not change to anything else:
If you’re driving, stick to soft drinks.
stick to doing something
Reporters should stick to investigating the facts.
3. stick to your guns informal to refuse to change your mind about something, even though other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong:
Having made up his mind, he stuck to his guns.
4. stick to the point/subject/facts to talk only about what you are supposed to be talking about or what is certain:
Never mind whose fault it was. Just stick to the facts.
5. stick to the rules informal to do something exactly according to the rules
6. stick to the path/road etc to stay on a marked path or road so that you do not get lost
7. stick to the/your story spoken to continue to say that what you have told someone is true, even though they do not believe you:
You intend to stick to this story that she knew nothing of your financial prospects?
8. stick to the/your knitting American English informal to continue paying attention to your own work and not to get involved with what other people are doing:
I wish Mrs Reese would stick to her knitting.
9. stick it to somebody American English informal to make someone suffer, pay a high price etc:
The politicians stick it to the tourists because the tourists don’t vote.
stick together phrasal verb informal
if people stick together, they continue to support each other when they have problems:
We’re a family, and we stick together no matter what.
stick up phrasal verb
1. if a part of something sticks up, it is raised up or points upwards above a surface
stick up from/out of/through etc
Part of the boat was sticking up out of the water.
2. stick 'em up spoken informal used to tell someone to raise their hands when threatening them with a gun – used in films, stories etc
stick up for somebody phrasal verb informal
to defend someone who is being criticized, especially when no one else will defend them:
You’re supposed to be sticking up for me__
stick up for yourself
She’s always known how to stick up for herself.
stick with something/somebody phrasal verb informal
1. to continue doing something the way you did or planned to do before:
Let’s stick with the original plans.
2. to stay close to someone:
You just stick with me. I’ll explain everything as we go along.
3. to continue doing something, especially something difficult:
If you stick with it, your playing will gradually get better.
4. be stuck with something/somebody to be made to accept something, do something, spend time with someone etc, when you do not want to:
Bill left and I was stuck with the bill.
5. to remain in someone’s memory:
Those words will stick with me for the rest of my life.
stick2 S3 noun [countable]
They collected sticks to start the fire.
2. TOOL a long thin piece of wood, plastic etc that you use for a particular purpose:
a pair of drum sticks
a measuring stick
Aunt Lou walks with a stick (=uses a stick to help her walk).
3. PIECE a long thin or round piece of something:
carrot sticks with dip
a glue stick
stick of
a stick of chewing gum
4. SPORTS a long, specially shaped piece of wood, plastic etc that you use in some sports to hit a ball:
a hockey stick
5. (out) in the sticks a long way from a town or city:
They live out in the sticks.
6. get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick British English informal to understand a situation in completely the wrong way:
People who think the song is about drugs have got the wrong end of the stick.
7. a stick to beat somebody with something that can be used as a reason for criticizing someone:
These tests will just give politicians yet another stick to beat the teachers with.
8. PLANE the handle you use to control a plane ⇨ joystick
9. CAR American English informal a stick shift
10. get on the stick American English spoken to start doing something you should be doing
11. give somebody/get (some) stick British English spoken if you give someone stick, you criticize them for something they have done:
He’s going to get some stick for this!
12. up sticks British English informal if you up sticks, you move to a different area
⇨ carrot and stick at carrot(3)
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verb (past tense and past participle stuck /stʌk/) Language: Old English
Origin: stician
1. ATTACH [intransitive and transitive] to attach something to something else using a substance, or to become attached to a surfaceOrigin: stician
stick something on/to/in etc something
stick to/together
2. PUSH IN [intransitive, transitive always + adverb/preposition] if a pointed object sticks into something, or if you stick it there, it is pushed into it
stick (something) in/into/through something
3. PUT [transitive always + adverb/preposition] informal to put something somewhere quickly and without much care
SYN bung:
4. MOVE PART OF BODY [transitive always + adverb/preposition] if you stick a part of your body somewhere, you put it in a position where other people can see it
SYN put:
5. DIFFICULT TO MOVE [intransitive] if something sticks, it becomes fixed in one position and is difficult to move:
6. stick in sb’s mind if something sticks in your mind, you remember it well because it is unusual or interesting:
7. make something stick informal
a. to prove that something is true:
b. to make a change become permanent:
8. NAME [intransitive] if a name that someone has invented sticks, people continue using it:
9. somebody can stick something spoken used to say angrily that you do not want what someone is offering you:
10. STAY IN BAD SITUATION [transitive] British English spoken to continue to accept a situation or person, even though you do not like them
SYN stand:
can’t stick doing something
11. stick in sb’s throat/gullet British English, stick in sb’s craw American English if a situation or someone’s behaviour sticks in your throat, it is so annoying that you cannot accept it:
12. stick in sb’s throat if words stick in your throat, you are unable to say them because you are afraid or upset
13. stick to sb’s ribs informal food that sticks to your ribs is very satisfying, so you are not hungry after you have eaten
⇨ stuck, ⇨ stick/poke your nose into something at nose1(3)
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stick around phrasal verb informal
to stay in a place a little longer, waiting for something to happen:
stick at something phrasal verb British English
1. to continue doing something in a determined way in order to achieve something:
2. stick at nothing informal to be willing to do anything, even if it is illegal, in order to achieve something
stick at nothing to do something
stick by somebody/something phrasal verb
1. to remain loyal to a friend when they have done something wrong or have problems:
2. to do what you promised or decided to do
stick by a decision/promise etc
stick out phrasal verb
1. if something sticks out, you notice it because part of it comes out further than the rest of a surface:
stick out of/from/through etc
2. stick it out to continue doing something that is difficult, painful, or boring:
3. stick your neck out informal to risk giving your opinion about something, even though you may be wrong or other people may disagree with you:
4. stick out to somebody/stick out in sb’s mind to seem more important to someone than other people or things:
⇨ stick/stand out a mile at mile(5), ⇨ stick out like a sore thumb at sore1(6)
stick out for something phrasal verb British English informal
to refuse to accept less than what you asked for
SYN hold out for:
stick to something phrasal verb
1. to do or keep doing what you said you would do or what you believe in, even when it is difficult
SYN keep to:
stick to your decision/principles etc
2. to keep using or doing one particular thing and not change to anything else:
stick to doing something
3. stick to your guns informal to refuse to change your mind about something, even though other people are trying to persuade you that you are wrong:
4. stick to the point/subject/facts to talk only about what you are supposed to be talking about or what is certain:
5. stick to the rules informal to do something exactly according to the rules
6. stick to the path/road etc to stay on a marked path or road so that you do not get lost
7. stick to the/your story spoken to continue to say that what you have told someone is true, even though they do not believe you:
8. stick to the/your knitting American English informal to continue paying attention to your own work and not to get involved with what other people are doing:
9. stick it to somebody American English informal to make someone suffer, pay a high price etc:
stick together phrasal verb informal
if people stick together, they continue to support each other when they have problems:
stick up phrasal verb
1. if a part of something sticks up, it is raised up or points upwards above a surface
stick up from/out of/through etc
2. stick 'em up spoken informal used to tell someone to raise their hands when threatening them with a gun – used in films, stories etc
stick up for somebody phrasal verb informal
to defend someone who is being criticized, especially when no one else will defend them:
stick up for yourself
stick with something/somebody phrasal verb informal
1. to continue doing something the way you did or planned to do before:
2. to stay close to someone:
3. to continue doing something, especially something difficult:
4. be stuck with something/somebody to be made to accept something, do something, spend time with someone etc, when you do not want to:
5. to remain in someone’s memory:
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noun [countable] Language: Old English
Origin: sticca
1. PART OF TREE a long thin piece of wood from a tree, which is no longer attached to the tree ⇨ branch, twig:Origin: sticca
2. TOOL a long thin piece of wood, plastic etc that you use for a particular purpose:
3. PIECE a long thin or round piece of something:
stick of
4. SPORTS a long, specially shaped piece of wood, plastic etc that you use in some sports to hit a ball:
5. (out) in the sticks a long way from a town or city:
6. get (hold of) the wrong end of the stick British English informal to understand a situation in completely the wrong way:
7. a stick to beat somebody with something that can be used as a reason for criticizing someone:
8. PLANE the handle you use to control a plane ⇨ joystick
9. CAR American English informal a stick shift
10. get on the stick American English spoken to start doing something you should be doing
11. give somebody/get (some) stick British English spoken if you give someone stick, you criticize them for something they have done:
12. up sticks British English informal if you up sticks, you move to a different area
⇨ carrot and stick at carrot(3)
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