| 词汇 | stuffy |
| 释义 | stuffy adjective disapprovinguk /ˈstʌf.i/ us /ˈstʌf.i/ stuffyadjective (WITHOUT AIR)A stuffy room or building is unpleasant because it has no fresh air: （房间或建筑物）闷的，通风不畅的 a stuffy office空气污浊的办公室 It's really hot and stuffy in here - let's open the window.这里又热又闷——我们把窗户打开吧。 The bedroom gets a little stuffy in the summer.这个房间在夏天有点闷。 Hot & heat bake baking beat down blisteringly boiling boiling hot closeness fug haze haze over heated mirage overheat scorchingly stifling stiflingly stuffiness suffocatingly superhot torrid stuffyadjective (FORMAL)old-fashioned, formal, and boring: 古板的，保守的，一本正经的 Sir William had the ability to conduct proceedings in a dignified manner without ever becoming stuffy.威廉爵士能够以庄重但毫不刻板的方式主持会议。 She is trying to promote a less stuffy image of librarians.他在努力提升图书管理员的形象，想使之显得不那么古板。 Tedious and uninspiring (as) dull as ditchwateridiom anonymous banal banally basic marginal marmoreal meh menial menially staid staidly stale staleness stodgily viewless watch paint dryidiom watch the clockidiom wearisome wearisomely US If your nose is stuffy or you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked with mucus, usually because you have a cold.（鼻子）不通气的，堵塞的 Related wordsstuffily stuffiness stuffy | American Dictionarystuffy adjective us/ˈstʌf·i/ stuffyadjective (FORMAL)formal, boring, and not modern: a stuffy, arrogant man stuffyadjective (LACKING AIR)lacking fresh air: The office gets so stuffy in the afternoon. Examples of stuffystuffy In my view we in this country are too stuffy about religion; we are not innovative enough. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Tradition is misunderstood everywhere and, therefore, misrepresented as something stuffy, sterile and primitive, a useless relic from a bygone era. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He suggested that this country, since the war, had suffered from the continuation of too many stuffy attitudes. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 We are not as "stuffy" as all that. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 They were a breath of fresh air and brought democratic reality into that somewhat stuffy institution. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 He simply dominated the nation's political landscape, and he personified the new era, not stuffy or hidebound but classless, forward-looking, modern. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Poultry covered the floor; the shed was dark, stuffy and overcrowded. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 The air in the tubes is stuffy—ask any of those engaged there. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Is this not rather a silly and stuffy attitude to take? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 No one can accuse it of being stuffy. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 You find them in a stuffy office with 40,000, 50,000, or 100,000 words before them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 If management are stuffy, rule-book based, old-fashioned, inflexible and uncommunicative, it is little surprise that the work force mirror those attitudes? From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 I must say that my noble friend is being terribly stuffy again. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 Such would be less likely to induce drunkenness than the present stuffy bars where men have to stand, and where all they can do is to drink. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 To use the stuffy language of 100 years ago, he sought to adopt as his guiding principle that superior persons should not impose their will on inferior persons. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0 See all examples of stuffy These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. 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