Hot girls always stick together.

——Big Bang Theory

性感的姑娘總是一起玩。

——《生活大爆炸》

一、你知道stick有幾種含義嗎？

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n.

1.杖，棍，棒?a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub

Tell the boy not to swish the flower heads off with his stick.

告訴那小男孩別用棍子把花朵抽下來(lái)。

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2.枯枝，柴枝；木條，木棍?a long slender piece of wood or metal

The plant's tendrils curled up the stick.

植物的卷須盤繞在枯枝上。

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3.呆頭呆腦的人?a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person

4.條狀物，棒狀物，棍狀物 ?an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick

There's a stick of celery.

這兒有一根芹菜。

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4.嚴(yán)厲的批評(píng)；大肆的取笑?punishment or the threat of punishment

It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public.

對(duì)你批評(píng)最嚴(yán)厲的并不是駕車人，而是普通民眾。

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v.

1.緊靠，依附；緊隨 [I]?to fix sth to sth else

His dog always sticks to him.

他的狗總跟在他的身邊。

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2.刺，戳，插 [I,T]?to push sth, usually a sharp object into sth

Don't stick the fork into the potato.

別用叉子插土豆。

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3.粘住，粘貼，張貼 [I,T]?to fix sth to sth else

Stick a label on your suitcase.

把標(biāo)簽粘貼在你的手提箱上。

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4.堅(jiān)持 [I,T]?to continue doing or using sth and not want to change it

They will stick up for their beliefs.

他們將捍衛(wèi)自己的信仰。

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5.伸出 [I,T]?to be further out than sth else or come through a hole

Don't stick your head out of the window.

別把頭伸出窗外。

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二、詞義辨析：還有哪些單詞能表示“手杖”的意思呢？

cane, stick, staff

這些名詞均有“手杖”之意。

cane多指用藤或竹制成的細(xì)長(zhǎng)的手杖。

stick普通用詞，指木制的細(xì)長(zhǎng)手杖。

staff多指走路爬山時(shí)用作支持或防衛(wèi)使用的長(zhǎng)木棒。

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三、含有stick的常見(jiàn)短語(yǔ)

joss stick

n.(中國(guó)人拜佛時(shí)焚的)香

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shooting stick

n. 手杖

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size stick

n. 量腳尺

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stick around

v. 逗留

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stick by

忠于,支持,堅(jiān)持

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四、最后，來(lái)做個(gè)填詞游戲吧

She pegged at her child with a ____.

她用一根木棒打她的小孩子。