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stubbed

/stuhb-id, stuhbd/US // ˈstʌb ɪd, stʌbd //

存根,存根的,存根于,存根在

Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1
    • : reduced to or resembling a stub; short and thick; stumpy.
    • : abounding in or rough with stubs.

Examples

  • Crocs, the colorful clog company long loathed by fashionistas, has stubbed its toe again.

  • The garden had contained fruit trees; but these he stubbed up, and instead planted the whole garth with potatoes.

  • Geo took two steps backwards, clutched at his stubbed arm, and threw up.

  • A rig drew up at the door, and a short, stubbed, red-bearded man stepped out.

  • The first time that White-Lamb saw the bushes, he stubbed his nose into them, and then cried out because the thorns pricked.

  • I stubbed my toe at the very start of this cross-country run, and that lost me all chance of coming in ahead.