坚持住：stick有几种意思

Hot girls always stick together.

——Big Bang Theory

性感的姑娘总是一起玩。

——《生活大爆炸》

一、你知道stick有几种含义吗？

n.

1.杖，棍，棒 a woody piece or part of a tree or shrub

Tell the boy not to swish the flower heads off with his stick.

告诉那小男孩别用棍子把花朵抽下来。

2.枯枝，柴枝；木条，木棍 a long slender piece of wood or metal

The plant's tendrils curled up the stick.

植物的卷须盘绕在枯枝上。

3.呆头呆脑的人 a dull, inert, stiff, or spiritless person

4.条状物，棒状物，棍状物  an herbaceous stalk resembling a woody stick

There's a stick of celery.

这儿有一根芹菜。

4.严厉的批评；大肆的取笑 punishment or the threat of punishment

It's not motorists who give you the most stick, it's the general public.

对你批评最严厉的并不是驾车人，而是普通民众。

v.

1.紧靠，依附；紧随 [I] to fix sth to sth else

His dog always sticks to him.

他的狗总跟在他的身边。

2.刺，戳，插 [I,T] to push sth, usually a sharp object into sth

Don't stick the fork into the potato.

别用叉子插土豆。

3.粘住，粘贴，张贴 [I,T] to fix sth to sth else

Stick a label on your suitcase.

把标签粘贴在你的手提箱上。

4.坚持 [I,T] to continue doing or using sth and not want to change it

They will stick up for their beliefs.

他们将捍卫自己的信仰。

5.伸出 [I,T] to be further out than sth else or come through a hole

Don't stick your head out of the window.

别把头伸出窗外。

二、词义辨析：还有哪些单词能表示“手杖”的意思呢？

cane, stick, staff

这些名词均有“手杖”之意。cane多指用藤或竹制成的细长的手杖。stick普通用词，指木制的细长手杖。staff多指走路爬山时用作支持或防卫使用的长木棒。

三、含有stick的常见短语

joss stick

n.(中国人拜佛时焚的)香

shooting stick

n. 手杖

size stick

n. 量脚尺

stick around

v. 逗留

stick by

忠于,支持,坚持

四、最后，来做个填词游戏吧