stiff
/stɪf/ 名词 C2中文： 普通人、死尸、失败之作
- An average person, usually male, of no particular distinction, skill, or education. · working stiff
- A person who is deceived, as a mark or pigeon in a swindle. · She convinced the stiff to go to her hotel room, where her henchman was waiting to rob him.
- A cadaver; a dead person.
- A flop; a commercial failure.
- A person who leaves (especially a restaurant) without paying the bill.
- A customer who does not leave a tip.
- Any hard hand where it is possible to exceed 21 by drawing an additional card.
- Negotiable instruments, possibly forged.
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One arm was hanging out of the bed; from shoulder to elbow it was moulded after the arms of Germain Pillon’s “Graces,” but the fore-arm seemed to be slightly distorted by convulsion, and the hand, so delicately formed, was resting with stiff outstretched fingers on the framework of the bed.
The lines of the monkeys swayed forward helplessly, and Baloo and Bagheera took one stiff step forward with them.
When morning came he was very stiff, but well pleased with his doings.
But when her eyes fell on the odd little figure in the stiff, ugly dress, with the long braids of red hair and the eager, luminous eyes, she stopped short in amazement.
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