stick /stɪk/ ( sticking, stuck, sticks )

• PHRASE

• 1. 

  V-T If you stick something somewhere, you put it there in a rather casual way. 随意放置 [非正式]

  例：

  He folded the papers and stuck them in his desk drawer.

  他把文件折起扔进书桌抽屉里。

• 2. 

  V-T/V-I If you stick a pointed object in something, or if it sticks in something, it goes into it or through it by making a cut or hole. 使扎入; 扎入

  例：

  They sent in loads of male nurses and stuck a needle in my back.

  他们派来很多男护士，在我的背部扎了根针。

• 3. 

  V-I If something is sticking out from a surface or object, it extends up or away from it. If something is sticking into a surface or object, it is partly in it. 伸出

  例：

  They lay where they had fallen from the crane, sticking out of the water.

  他们位于从那台起重机上摔下的地方，部分露在水面。

• 4. 

  V-T If you stick one thing to another, you attach it using glue, Scotch tape, or another sticky substance. 粘贴

  例：

  Don't forget to clip the token and stick it on your card.

  别忘了剪下代金券，并贴在你的卡上。

• 5. 

  V to support (a plant) with sticks; stake 用小棍支撑(植物)

• 6. 

  V-I If one thing sticks to another, it becomes attached to it and is difficult to remove. 粘住

  例：

  The soil sticks to the blade and blocks the plough.

  土粘在刃上，卡住了犁。

  例：

  Peel away the waxed paper if it has stuck to the bottom of the cake.

  如果蜡纸粘住蛋糕底部，就把它撕掉。

• 7. 

  V-I If something sticks in your mind, you remember it for a long time. 经久留驻

  例：

  The incident stuck in my mind because it was the first example I had seen of racism in that country.

  那个事件令我难以忘怀，因为那是我看到的那个国家的第一例种族歧视事件。

• 8. 

  V-I If something which can usually be moved sticks, it becomes fixed in one position. 卡住

  例：

  The needle on the dial went right around to fifty feet, which was as far as it could go, and there it stuck.

  刻度盘上的指针一下转到了50英尺处，即其所能达到的最大刻度，然后卡在了那里。

• 9. 

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