stuffiness 的定义
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.
stuffiness 近义词
等同于 conceit
更多stuffiness例句
- 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.