stick-in-the-mud
音标发音
- 英式音标 [ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd]
- 美式音标 [ˈstɪk.ɪn.ðəˌmʌd]
- 英式发音
- 美式发音
基本解释
- n. 守旧的人,顽固保守者;(非正式)思想迟钝的人
- adj. 保守的;迟钝的
英汉例句
- You may say that I am a stick-in-the-mud , but I don't like Canton pop .
你可以说我是一个老古董,但我不喜欢粤语流行曲。 - And a recent poll showed that 65% of people in stick-in-the-mud Greece want civil servants to lose their job security.
最近的一项调查显示,希腊65%的保守派民众希望公务员丧失现在对他们工作的保障。
ecocn.org - Happily a few companies have started to think seriously about these problems—and generate insights that their more stick-in-the-mud peers can imitate.
幸运的是一些公司已经开始认真思考这些问题了——而且有了深刻的见解,大部分守旧的同龄人可以参照这些见解。 - He has also said that he must have been sort of a stick-in-the-mud when my mother wanted more excitement in her life.
NEWYORKER: Gravel - But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.
ECONOMIST: What to wear for Salzburg
双语例句
权威例句
词组短语
- A boring stick -in-the-mud 极端拘谨的人
- stick -in-the-mud ap-proach 墨守成规
- a stick -in the-mud 老古董
- Old Stick -in-the-mud 老顽固
- old stick -in-the-mud old diehard 一向墨守陈规
短语
英英字典
- someone who is old-fashioned and too serious and avoids enjoyable activities
- If you describe someone as a stick-in-the-mud, you disapprove of them because they do not like doing anything that is new or fun.