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stiffness

/stif-nis/US // ˈstɪf nɪs //

僵硬,坚硬度,刚性,坚硬

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the state or condition of being rigid or firm:The bicycle’s frame is well balanced, with excellent stiffness throughout.Conventional wisdom has been that longer knife blades need more carbon for stiffness.
    • : the state or condition of being unable to move easily:Proper stretching will help you avoid joint stiffness and muscle tension after a workout.
    • : lack of ease or grace:The teacher offers advice on how to get over the stiffness or outright paralysis that can creep in when people make writing into a “big deal.”
    • : the state or condition of being rigidly formal:There was a stiffness to the encounter, but the ambassador was not unfriendly.If representatives meet only under official circumstances, a degree of stiffness is introduced which does not allow people to exchange ideas as freely.
    • : the state or condition of being excessive, difficult, or severe:The council expressed concern about the stiffness of the fines and sentences for such minor infractions.
    • : the state or condition of being compact; density: A variety of sediment samples are needed in order to recover different types of sediment, mainly based on their stiffness.

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Examples

  • Byrnes and his collaborators have found that the thin patagium is rich in muscles, and some parts are stiffer than others.

  • Maps is another place where Apple’s got some pretty stiff competition from Google.

  • Colman keeps a stiff upper lip, even as the role begins to shift out from under her.

  • By this April, SoftBank admitted that it was on track to take stiff losses from its Vision Fund portfolio, which, when combined with other investing losses, pushed the company into a rare loss for the year.

  • There’s an old Polish woman, for instance, whose stiff, territorial energy I can feel whenever I show up to Gaston Park the day after a rain.

  • Early signs are often movement-related, including tremors, stiffness, and problems with walking.

  • Other auras include neck stiffness, lack of focus, and nausea.

  • Your miner friends notice the stiffness of your walk and chaff you about it.

  • Some senior Whitehall sources believed that there was an early “stiffness” between the Queen and Mrs. Thatcher.

  • But Norris is so inviolably the real thing that even his mind-boggling thespian stiffness works as a badge of pride.

  • Madame Ratignolle begged Robert to accompany her to the house; she complained of cramp in her limbs and stiffness of the joints.

  • Here was none of the old-time stiffness of Capheaton, and there was a conspicuous absence of dead masters and their pupils.

  • "He was not in my service," said Nigel, with a sudden, very English stiffness that was almost like haughtiness.

  • As Nejdi, too, was showing signs of stiffness, Malcolm mounted one of the spare animals and led the Arab.

  • Jim led the horses to a little stream of water as the girls stamped the stiffness out of their cramped legs.