- stick-in-the-mud
- ['stikinðəmʌd]
- adj. 保守的;迟钝的
n. 守旧的人;顽固保守者
参考例子
- 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.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?
- 3.We wanted a giant-screen TV, but Dad said the little one was good enough. What a stick-in-the-mud.
- 我们想要一台大频幕的电视机,可父亲说小的就足够了。真是个顽固不化的人。
英文解释
- n.
- 1.someone who moves slowly
- 2.(used pejoratively) out of fashion; old fashioned
网络释义
- stick-in-the-mud
- 顽固守旧分子; 迂腐、腐朽; 老古板; 墨守成规的人,顽固守旧的人,思想落伍者;
- a stick-in-the-mud
- 无心上进的人;
- Don't be such a stick-in-the-mud
- 别这么老古板,和我们一起跳舞吧!;