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stick-in-the-mud

美 [ˈstɪk ɪn ðə mʌd]英 [ˈstɪk ɪn ðə mʌd]
  • n.墨守成规的人;守旧的人

复数: stick-in-the-muds

stick-in-the-mudstick-in-the-mud

noun

informal disapproving守旧的人;墨守成规的人
a person who refuses to try anything new or exciting

stick-in-the-mud

频次

  • 1
    N-COUNT 顽固守旧者;墨守成规者
    If you describe someone as a stick-in-the-mud, you disapprove of them because they do not like doing anything that is new or fun.

noun

1
someone who moves slowly
in England they call a slowpoke a slowcoach
Synonym: plodder slowpoke slowcoach

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  1. Being a stick-in-the-mud , people don 't value his opinions .

    他是位呆头呆脑的人,大家不重视他的意见。

  2. They have a stick-in-the-mud attitude to new ideas .

    他们对新思想持守旧的态度。

  3. Did you see his face when I told him he 's a stick-in-the-mud ?

    我跟他说他是一个思想保守的人时,你看到他那张脸了吗?

  4. Uncle George is a real stick-in-the-mud . He made a rule that every child be home by 10 o'clock every day .

    乔治叔叔思想落伍,他规定所有的孩子每天十点钟以前回到家。

  5. My father is a stick-in-the-mud , he won 't allow me to go camping with friends .

    我父亲十分顽固,他是不会准许我和朋友去露营的。

  6. You see , dear , I know that the stick-in-the-mud people are doing us a good turn and themselves a bad one by going back to secret trials and executions as soon .

    亲爱的,你知道,我心中有数:那些深陷泥潭不能自拔的人们,如此匆匆地重施故技,进行秘密审讯和处决,正好给了我们一个大好的转机,而给他们自己一个倒霉的时刻。

  7. Don 't be such a stick-in-the-mud !

    别这么死脑筋嘛!