stick in the mud

基本解释

• v. 陷入泥坑

同根派生

英汉例句

雙語例句

• Traveling is my life. I love to travel. I'm not a stick in the mud.
  旅行是我的最愛。 我愛旅行。 我不喜歡老是待在一個地 方不動。
• You may say my husband is a stick in the mud, but on my part I like his personality of that kind.
  你可以說我的丈夫是個老古董，不過我倒是很喜歡他的這種性格。
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• Mary is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
  瑪麗是如此保守，從不嘗試新的東西。

權威例句

• Maybe this was for real and Bill Singer is just a nasty stick in the mud.
  FORBES: Another Trading Platform Scam Ends With Prison
• And that will be true whether I'm the life of the party or a stick in the mud.
  WHITEHOUSE: President Obama Holds a News Conference
• But at least it has now become as much a point of honour in Salzburg to show that one is not a stick-in-the-mud, as it used to be a mark of prestige to get hold of a first-night ticket at all.
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词组短语

短語

• stick k in the mud 保守的人
• stick fast in the mud 牢牢地陷在泥巴裡
• a stick in the mud 爛泥中的樹枝
• a stick -in-the-mud 老古董;詳細繙譯
• stick -in-the-mud d 作形容詞時表示保守的