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stuffiness

/stuhf-ee/US // ˈstʌf i //UK // (ˈstʌfɪ) //

闷气,闷热,窒息感,闷热感

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Definitions

adj.形容词 adjective
  1. 1

    stuff·i·er, stuff·i·est.

    • : close; poorly ventilated: a stuffy room.
    • : oppressive from lack of freshness: stuffy air; a stuffy odor.
    • : lacking in interest, as writing or discourse.
    • : affected with a sensation of obstruction in the respiratory passages: a stuffy nose.
    • : dull or tedious; boring.
    • : self-important; pompous.
    • : rigid or strait-laced in attitudes, especially in matters of personal behavior.
    • : old-fashioned; conservative.
    • : ill-tempered; sulky.

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Examples

  • O’Hara moved poetry from the stuffy realm of the Academy into bars, the movies – the streets.

  • Filtered air may be a bit stuffy, but would have lower infection risks than unfiltered air.

  • Every part of this year’s ceremony felt more intimate and less stuffy than just about any awards show I can remember.

  • When your nose is stuffy, odorants – the lightweight odor active molecules found in the air – are physically unable to reach the smell receptors at the top of your nasal cavity.

  • In either case, try to pick places that have limited capacity, and avoid establishments that feel hot and stuffy or don’t have many windows—they probably don’t have good ventilation, Miller says.

  • With a pop of color and fun print, this cotton pair is not at all stuffy.

  • It was dark and somewhat stuffy, and it was “home” to a troupe of six.

  • The ceremony is always too stuffy, unless it is way too silly.

  • Yesterday, the media were supposed to be focused on the stuffy royal luncheon at Buckingham Palace.

  • The style is stuffy, the syntax is antique, and the conceit is never really convincing.

  • It would be like opening the windows upon a stuffy, overcrowded and unventilated room of disputing people.

  • "No, thanks," the stranger said, taking his bag and shutting himself into his stuffy little stateroom.

  • "The things," Mr. Devenish, is my rather stuffy way of referring to all the delightful poems that you are going to eat to-night.

  • A stuffy hole, full of peat-smoke, and with a window that can't open at the best of times.

  • The crowd swarmed into the court-room, stuffy and hot enough already, and the air vibrated with expectancy.