stubble

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stub·ble /ˈstʌbəl/ noun [uncountable]  1. HBHshort stiff hairs that grow on a man’s face if he does not shave 胡子茬，须茬，短须2. TAshort stiff pieces left in the fields after wheat, corn etc has been cut 〔作物收割后遗留在地里的〕残茎，茬 （子） —stubbly adjective

Examples from the Corpus

stubble• Laughter rolls across the brush and stubble.• Spraying crops and burning stubble also provoke outcries from nearby residents.• The young man stood patiently waiting, in jeans with rolled cuffs, two days' stubble on his chin.• Grey stubble covered his cheeks and chin.• I could hear his hand moving over the stubble of his beard. fourteen White Sands was astonishing.• The stubble is not a superstitious concession to the streak.• The white stubble on his fleshless jaw was a reproach to my twenty-four years and suddenly I felt an inadequate city-bred softie.Origin stubble (1200-1300) Old French estuble, from Latin stupula “straw”

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stubble
stub‧ble /ˈstʌbəl/ noun [uncountable]1. short stiff hairs that grow on a man’s face if he does not shave
2. short stiff pieces left in the fields after wheat, corn etc has been cut
—stubbly adjective

stub·bleBrE /ˈstʌbl/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstʌbl/ 🔊 noun [uncountable] the lower short stiff part of the stems of crops such as wheat that are left in the ground after the top part has been cut and collected （作物收割后留在地里的）茬

the short stiff hairs that grow on a man's face when he has not shaved recently 胡子茬▸ stub·bly BrE /ˈstʌbli/ 🔊NAmE /ˈstʌbli/ 🔊 adjective