sticks

1.[t][i]将…刺入（或插入）；刺；戳；插入to push sth, usually a sharp object, into sth; to be pushed into sth

The nurse stuck the needle into my arm.护士把针扎进我的胳膊。

Don't stick your fingers through the bars of the cage.不要把指头伸进笼子里。

I found a nail sticking in the tyre.我发现轮胎上扎了一根钉子。

2.[t][i]粘贴；粘住to fix sth to sth else, usually with a sticky substance; to become fixed to sth in this way

He stuck a stamp on the envelope.他把一张邮票贴到信封上。

We used glue to stick the broken pieces together.我们用胶把碎片粘到一起。

I stuck the photos into an album.我把照片贴到相册上。

Her wet clothes were sticking to her body.湿衣服贴在她身上。

The glue's useless─the pieces just won't stick.这种胶不行，这几片东西根本粘不住。

3.[t](informal)~ sth + adv./prep.（尤指迅速或随手）放置to put sth in a place, especially quickly or carelessly

Stick your bags down there.把你们的包搁到那儿吧。

He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off.他把两手揣在口袋里溜达着走了。

Can you stick this on the noticeboard?你能不能把这个贴到布告牌上？

Peter stuck his head around the door and said, ‘Coffee, anyone?’彼得从门后伸进头来问：“咖啡，哪位要？”

Stick 'em up!(= put your hands above your head─I have a gun!)举起手来！

4.[t](informal)sb can stick sth（无礼或生气地表示）对…不感兴趣used to say in a rude and angry way that you are not interested in what sb has, offers, does, etc.

I got sick of my boss's moaning and told him he could stick the job.我烦透了老板的牢骚，便跟他说那活儿他自己干吧，我才不稀罕。

5.[i]~ (in sth)（在某物中）卡住，陷住，动不了to become fixed in one position and impossible to move

The key has stuck in the lock.钥匙卡在锁里了。

This drawer keeps sticking.这个抽屉老卡住。

6.[t](informal)容忍；忍受to accept a difficult or unpleasant situation or person

I don't know how you stick that job.我不知道那活儿你怎么受得了。

The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend.问题是，我母亲不能接受我男朋友。

John can't stick living with his parents.约翰受不了和父母住在一起。

7.[i]被接受；被证明成立to become accepted

The police couldn't make the charges stick(= show them to be true) .警方无法证明那些指控成立。

His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck(= has become the name that everyone calls him) .朋友们称他巴特，这名字就叫开了。

8.[i]不再要牌to not take any more cards

One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.他有一幅画我记得特别清楚。

One of his paintings in particular sticks in my mind.他有一幅画我记得特别清楚。

1.[c]枝条；枯枝；柴火棍儿a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been broken from a tree

We collected dry sticks to start a fire.我们捡了些枯枝生起火来。

The boys were throwing sticks and stones at the dog.男孩子们朝那条狗扔枝条扔石头。

Her arms and legs were like sticks(= very thin) .她胳膊和腿瘦得跟柴火棍儿似的。

2.[c]球棍a long thin object that is used in some sports to hit or control the ball

a hockey stick曲棍球球棍

3.[c]条状物；棍状物a long thin piece of sth

a stick of dynamite一根炸药棒

carrot sticks胡萝卜条

a stick of butter一条黄油

4.[c]（木料或塑料制成的有特定用途的）棍，条，签a thin piece of wood or plastic that you use for a particular purpose

pieces of pineapple on sticks一串串插在小棍上的菠萝块

5.[c]一管，一支（胶棒等）a quantity of a substance, such as solid glue, that is sold in a small container with round ends and straight sides, and can be pushed further out of the container as it is used

6.[c](informal)（飞机的）操纵杆，驾驶杆the control stick of a plane

7.[c](informal)（车辆的）变速杆，换挡杆a handle used to change the gears of a vehicle

8.[c]指挥棒a baton , used by the person who conducts an orchestra

9.[u](informal)批评；指责criticism or severe words

The referee got a lot of stick from the home fans.裁判饱受主队球迷的指责。

10.[pl](informal)边远乡村地区country areas, a long way from cities

We live out in the sticks .我们住在偏远的乡村。

11.[c](informal)人；家伙a person

He's not such a bad old stick .他老兄人不算坏。