单词 | stuff |
释义 | noun | verb stuffstuff1 /stʌf/ ●●● S1 W2 noun [uncountable] 1SUBSTANCE informal a substance or material of any kind: What’s that sticky stuff on the table?► see thesaurus at substance2THINGS informal a number of different things: They sent me a bunch of stuff about the university. Where’s all the camping stuff?somebody’s stuff You can put your stuff over here for now.3IDEAS informal the things that people say, think, write, etc.: stuff about She said some mean stuff about my brother. You don’t believe all that stuff, do you? I try not to think about stuff like that.4ACTIVITIES informal the activities that someone does: I’ve got so much stuff to do this weekend.5WORK/ART informal something someone has made, written, painted, etc.: I’ve read some of her stuff.6CHARACTER informal the qualities of someone’s character: Becky’s got the right stuff (=qualities that make her able to deal with difficulties) to become a good doctor. I thought you were made of sterner stuff (=more determined).7...and stuff spoken informal used for saying that there are other things, ideas, actions, etc. similar to what you have just mentioned, without saying exactly what they are: He used to yell at me and stuff.8do/show your stuff spoken to do what you are good at or what you have trained or prepared to do9the stuff of dreams/fantasy/novels etc. exactly the kind of thing that dreams, fantasy, novels, etc. consist of: What Johnson did at the Olympics is the stuff of legend.[Origin: 1300–1400 Old French estoffe, from estoffer to provide with things needed] → see also the hard stuff at hard1 (16), hot stuff at hot (13), kid stuff at kid1 (4), know your stuff at know1 (64), strut your stuff at strut1 (2) noun | verb stuffstuff2 ●●○ W3 verb 1PUSH [transitive always + adv./prep.] to push or put something into a small space, especially in a careless hurried way: stuff something into/in/up etc. something I stuffed some clothes into a bag.► see thesaurus at push12FILL [transitive] to fill something until it is full: stuff something with something He stuffed his pockets with candy.3FILL WITH something SOFT [transitive] to fill something with soft material: stuff something with something She stuffed the rag doll with old socks.4FOOD [transitive] to fill a chicken, tomato, etc. with a mixture of bread or rice, onion, etc.5DEAD ANIMAL [transitive] to fill the skin of a dead animal in order to make the animal look alive6stuff yourself (with something) (also stuff your face (with something)) informal to eat so much food that you cannot eat anything else7somebody can stuff something informal impolite used to say very angrily or rudely that you do not want what someone is offering |
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