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stickler

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++stick·ler /ˈstɪklə $ -ər/ noun  be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc STRICTto think that rules etc are very important and that other people should think so too 非常注重细节/规则/准确性等
Examples from the Corpus
sticklerCharman, a stickler for musical purity, did not relish the idea.Montgomery is a stickler for defense, and Moseley caught on quickly.The loosest woman is a stickler for etiquette and elocution.You just have to have much better vision and not be such a stickler for detail to see ours.With his personal guests who were important to him or his state, Kim was a stickler for detail.A stickler for realism, he was frustrated by an obstinacy in his models as strong as his own.Being sticklers for legal tradition, they plan to anyway, of course.The chancellor is clearly no stickler for fiscal purity.
Origin stickler (1500-1600) stickle to argue about small points ((16-20 centuries)), from stightle to put in order ((13-15 centuries)), from Old English stihtan
stick·ler nounChineseSyllable
to that rules think very etc Corpus important are


stickler
stickler /ˈstɪklə $ -ər/ noun
 Date: 1500-1600
 Origin: stickle 'to argue about small points' (16-20 centuries), from stightle 'to put in order' (13-15 centuries), from Old English stihtan
be a stickler for detail/rules/accuracy etc to think that rules etc are very important and that other people should think so too


stick·lerBrE /ˈstɪklə(r)/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstɪklər/ 🔊 noun~ (for sth) a person who thinks that a particular quality or type of behaviour is very important and expects other people to think and behave in the same way 非常看重(某品质或行为)的人a stickler for punctuality非常注重守时的人