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stickle

/stik-uhl/US // ˈstɪk əl //UK // (ˈstɪkəl) //

棍子,棒子,棍棒,粘胶

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1

    stick·led, stick·ling.

    • : to argue or haggle insistently, especially on trivial matters.
    • : to raise objections; scruple; demur.

Synonyms & Antonyms

as inrecoil
Forms: stickling
as indemur
Forms: stickling
as indissent
Forms: stickling

Examples

  • At the usual hour that night the employés of Stickle and Screw left work and took their several ways home ward.

  • Some species of fish, notably the stickle-back and the bass, make nests and mother their young.

  • I would not stickle about hours, but the money and the drink are very just.

  • Harrison Stickle, 'the next neighbour of Pavey Ark, is another happy hunting-ground for beginners.

  • This and the other gills between it and Stickle Tarn afford good climbing up the walls by which they are enclosed.