English Dictionary

stiff

IPA（発音記号）

/stɪf/

形容詞

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(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible. / (figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid. / (of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

日本語の意味

物体の場合：硬い、曲げにくい、柔軟性がない。 / 規則や方針の場合：柔軟性に欠ける、厳格で堅苦しい。 / 人の場合：形式的で堅苦しく、リラックスしていない。

She used a stiff wooden board to prop up the wobbly table.

彼女はぐらつくテーブルを支えるために堅い木の板を使った。

意味（1）

(of an object) Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

“A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron;[…]. ¶ Near her wandered her husband, orientally bland, invariably affable, and from time to time squinting sideways, as usual, in the ever-renewed expectation that he might catch a glimpse of his stiff, retroussé moustache.

意味（2）

(figuratively, of policies and rules and their application and enforcement) Inflexible; rigid.

意味（3）

(of a person) Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

意味（4）

(colloquial) Harsh, severe.

He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

意味（5）

(of muscles or parts of the body) Painful as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.

My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

意味（6）

Potent.

a stiff drink

意味（7）

(informal) Dead, deceased.

意味（8）

(of the penis) Erect.

意味（9）

Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.

Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.

意味（10）

(cooking, of whipping cream or egg whites) Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.

beat the egg whites until they are stiff

意味（11）

(mathematics) Of an equation: for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.

意味（12）

(nautical) Keeping upright.

意味（13）

(golf) Of a shot: landing so close to the flagstick that it should be very easy to sink the ball with the next shot.

I go all out, go for the long ball, the stiff shots to the pin, aim for the back of the cup.

意味（14）

(professional wrestling, of a strike) Delivered more forcefully than needed, whether intentionally or accidentally, thus causing legitimate pain to the opponent.

stiffer （ comparative ）

stiffest （ superlative ）