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stuff

/stuhf/US // stʌf //UK // (stʌf) //

东西,东西的,东西的问题

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : the material of which anything is made: a hard, crystalline stuff.
    • : material to be worked upon or to be used in making something: wood, steel, and other stuff for building.
    • : material of some unspecified kind: a cushion filled with some soft stuff.
    • : Chiefly British. woven material or fabric, especially wool.
    • : property, as personal belongings or equipment; things.
    • : something to be swallowed, as food, drink, or medicine.
    • : inward character, qualities, or capabilities: to have good stuff in one.
    • : Informal. action or talk of a particular kind: kid stuff; Cut out the rough stuff.
    • : worthless things or matter: to clean the stuff out of a closet.
    • : worthless or foolish ideas, talk, or writing: a lot of stuff and nonsense.
    • : Sports. Baseball.the assortment of pitches that a pitcher uses in a game together with the ability to deliver them in the proper manner at the right speed to the desired spot: He saved his best stuff for the tougher hitters in the lineup.spin or speed imparted to a ball, as by a baseball pitcher, a bowler, or a tennis player: a pitch with plenty of stuff.
    • : Informal. journalistic, literary, artistic, dramatic, musical, or other compositions or performances: Bach composed some splendid stuff.
    • : Informal. one's trade, skill, field, facts, etc.: She knows her stuff.
    • : Slang. any kind of drug, especially an illicit one.
    • : Also called stock. Papermaking. refined and beaten wet pulp ready for spreading on the wire.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to fill, especially by packing the contents closely together; cram full.
    • : to fill by forcing something into it.
    • : to fill or line with some kind of material as a padding or packing.
    • : to fill or cram with food.
    • : Cooking. to fill with seasoned breadcrumbs or other savory matter.
    • : to fill the preserved skin of with material, retaining its natural form and appearance for display.
    • : to put fraudulent votes into.
    • : to thrust or cram into a receptacle, cavity, or the like.
    • : to pack tightly in a confined place; crowd together.
    • : to crowd with persons.
    • : to clutter or fill with facts, details, etc.
    • : to treat with a composition of tallow and other ingredients.
    • : to stop up or plug; block or choke.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : to cram oneself with food; eat gluttonously; gorge.

Phrases

  • stuff and nonsense
  • stuffed shirt
  • stuff it
  • stuff one's face
  • stuff the ballot box
  • get stuffed
  • hot number (stuff)
  • kid stuff
  • know one's stuff
  • strut one's stuff

Synonyms & Antonyms

verbload with
Forms: stuffed, stuffing

Examples

  • As we hired new employees, a few did stupid stuff, leading to errors that cost the company money.

  • There’s a societal position that these cases are between these two people, and if it’s between a man and a woman, that’s personal stuff that we can’t get involved in.

  • So now we get to the cool stuff – reverse-engineering the SERPs to snag those premium organic placements.

  • That’s going to create more pressure for the stuff that isn’t political.

  • It tracks the typical fitness stuff you’d expect like steps and pulse trends.

  • The best comparison here for an American audience is, well, Internet stuff.

  • We did ThunderAnt stuff for ourselves and just put it online, and then it blossomed into something else.

  • I think all the traveling and all the nationalities put that stuff in my head.

  • It was a bit strange for a while here with all the Newsweek stuff.

  • There were a lot of little pieces, pieces of lead and stuff.

  • I have seen a lot of Bolshevik propaganda and it is not very convincing stuff.

  • It makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.

  • I've got a writ here, Baptiste, and will be glad to have you tell me where this stuff of yours is so I can go and get it.

  • In his youngest days, when his mother used to regulate his food, she would stuff him full of rice.

  • We're right under their noses, so they won't do anything till the stuff's actually in sight.