stuffy 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.
 
stuffy 近义词
close, oppressive
old-fashioned, prim
更多stuffy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.