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单词 stick-in-the-mud
释义

stick-in-the-mud

[ stik-in-thuh-muhd ]
/ ˈstɪk ɪn ðəˌmʌd /
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noun

someone who avoids new activities, ideas, or attitudes; old fogy.

Origin of stick-in-the-mud

First recorded in 1725–35

Words nearby stick-in-the-mud

sticking place, sticking plaster, sticking point, stick in one's craw, stick insect, stick-in-the-mud, stickit, stick it to someone, stickle, stickleback, stickler
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Example sentences from the Web for stick-in-the-mud

  • Everyone got into a sort of stick-in-the-mud mood, and one felt it was only kind to stir them up.

    A harum-scarum schoolgirl|Angela Brazil
  • They're a mangy, stick-in-the-mud, follow-in-the-old-ruts crowd.

    The Drone|Rutherford Mayne
  • Jim Langham called him a slow-coach, a tortoise, a stick-in-the-mud, and a few other names.

    Love at Paddington|W. Pett Ridge
  • Now that's just the kind of fine old crusted pig-headed Conservativism that's kept this the stick-in-the-mud Country it is!

    In Brief Authority|F. Anstey

British Dictionary definitions for stick-in-the-mud

stick-in-the-mud

noun

informal a staid or predictably conservative person who lacks initiative or imagination
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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