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单词 stuck
释义 I. stuck, n.1 Obs. rare—1.
In 5 stuk.
[? f. stuck a.]
(See quot.)
c1440Promp. Parv. 481/1 Stuk, or schort garment (v.r. stukkyd clothe), nepticula.
II. stuck, n.2 Fencing. Obs.
[? var. of stock n.3]
A thrust or lunge; = stock n.3 2.
1601Shakes. Twel. N. iii. iv. 303, I had a passe with him, rapier, scabberd, and all: and he giues me the stucke in with such a mortall motion that it is ineuitable.1602Ham. iv. vii. 162 If he by chance escape your venom'd stuck.1614G. H[ale] Priv. Sch. Defence C 1, In single Rapier, and Rapier and Dagger, they teach all their Schollers as they call them, Stucks, otherwise Longe, to throw them into hit without disordering their aduerse Rapier.
III. stuck, stug, a. Obs.—1
In 5 stuk, stuke, 5, 7 stug.
[? Connected with MDu. stucke piece, stitch n.2; cf. scut a. and n.3]
Short. Hence stucked ppl. a., cut short; ˈstuckness1, shortness.
c1440Promp. Parv. 448/1 Schort or stukkyd garment, nepticula.Ibid. 481/1 Stuk, short (v.r. stuke, stug, stukkid, schort) curtus, brevis.Ibid., Stuknesse, brevitas, curtitas.
Comb.1699Banffsh. Document (MS.), A stug-tailed horse.
IV. stuck, ppl. a.|stʌk|
[Str. pa. pple. of stick v.]
1. Of an animal: That has been stabbed or had its throat cut: = sticked1 b. Chiefly in proverbial phrase, to stare like a stuck pig.
1702Yalden æsop at Crt. iii. 29 Like a stuck pig the woman star'd.1731–8Swift Pol. Conversat. ii. 162. 1782 F. Burney Cecilia ii. i, Ask for the rent-roll,—see how they'll look! stare like stuck pigs!1812Sporting Mag. XL. 66 Bleeding like a stuck pig.1874Burnand My Time xxiii. 210 Staring at you..as if he was a stuck pig.
2. Unable to go further. Cf. stickit a. 2.
1885Revol. in Shorthand 7, I studied Pitman's system..for three or four months, but became a ‘stuck’ student.1910D. W. Bone Brassbounder 3 We come from our first voyage sick of it all... Would give up but for pride... Afraid to be called ‘stuck sailors’.
3. slang. (See quot.)
1865Slang Dict. 249 Stuck, moneyless.
4. Joinery. (Cf. stick v. 18 c.)
1850Ogilvie, Stuck mouldings. In arch., mouldings formed by the planes instead of being wrought by the hand.1910C. H. Gregory Gloss. Build. Constr. 64 Stuck Moulding. A moulding worked on the stuff itself.
5. With advs. forming adjs. with reference to attachment or sealing by adhesive, etc., as stuck-down, stuck-on.
1908Kipling Actions & Reactions (1909) 101 The Hive shook beneath the shattering thunder of a stuck-down quilt being torn back.1940Chambers's Techn. Dict. 815/2 Stuck-on soles (Shoes), shoe soles in which the upper inner sole and the outer sole are attached together by means of strong cement; used for women's and children's shoes.1960Farmer & Stockbreeder 15 Mar. Suppl. 7 A whitewood bedside cabinet is given a stuck-on veneer finish.1978D. Francis Trial Run xviii. 228 One of them handed me a stuck-down envelope.

▸ Designating a scratched record which when played sticks at a particular point and repeats the same brief passage. Freq. in similes indicating annoying and constant repetition. Cf. broken record n. at broken adj. Additions.
1943Ogden (Utah) Standard-Examiner 25 Mar. 4 a/7 When..[the] commander..calls the roll, he sounds like a stuck record as he arrives at the ‘w's’. The Weeks family..is responsible.1963Charleston (W. Va.) Daily Mail 6 Mar. 22 (cartoon caption) The record is stuck, Henry!1968A. K. Armah Beautyful Ones are not yet Born (1969) ix. 120 He was silent, but inside his head the refrain circled like a stuck record.1995Daily Mail 2 Jan. 37/4 I'm beginning to sound like a record stuck in a groove: ‘You can't go on like this. You have to shape up, pull yourself together and get a job.’
V. stuck
dial. form of stook n.1 and stook v.
1813T. Rudge Agric. Glouc. 117 These [sheaves] are ‘stucked’, or placed upright, in parcels of ten.
VI. stuck
see stuc Obs., stucco.
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