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

She pegged at her child with a ____.

她用一根木棒打她的小孩子。