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单词 sty
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sty1

nounPlural sties, Plural styes stʌɪstaɪ
  • 1A pigsty.

    猪圈,猪栏,猪棚

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The Captain crossed over an old wooden sty, his feet landed in the lush grass on the other side, he looked down at the morning dew, other foot steps stretched out in front of him.
    • It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows were covered with a grimy film.
    • I'm gonna catch a disease with my clothes torn, my body sweating and now, having to crawl through an absolute sty of filth!
    • The farm at the centre of controversial plans to build a hotel in Rossendale has been targeted by vandals who attacked a new gate and sty, allowing animals to escape.
    Synonyms
    paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard, pound
    1. 1.1 A very dirty or untidy house or room.
      the place is a real sty, beer and wine bottles all over the place
verbsties, stied, stying stʌɪstaɪ
[with object]archaic
  • Keep (a pig) in a sty.

    〈古〉把(猪)关在猪圈里

    the most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

    最差的曾经圈过猪的地方。

Origin

Old English stī- (in stīfearh 'sty pig'), probably identical with stig 'hall' (see steward), of Germanic origin.

Rhymes

ally, Altai, apply, assai, awry, ay, aye, Baha'i, belie, bi, Bligh, buy, by, bye, bye-bye, chi, Chiangmai, Ciskei, comply, cry, Cy, Dai, defy, deny, Di, die, do-or-die, dry, Dubai, dye, espy, eye, fie, fly, forbye, fry, Frye, goodbye (US goodby), guy, hereby, hi, hie, high, I, imply, I-spy, July, kai, lie, lye, Mackay, misapply, my, nearby, nigh, Nye, outfly, passer-by, phi, pi, pie, ply, pry, psi, Qinghai, rai, rely, rocaille, rye, scry, serai, shanghai, shy, sigh, sky, Skye, sky-high, sly, spin-dry, spry, spy, Sukhotai, supply, Tai, Thai, thereby, thigh, thy, tie, Transkei, try, tumble-dry, underlie, Versailles, Vi, vie, whereby, why, wry, Wye, xi, Xingtai, Yantai

sty2

(also stye)
nounPlural sties, Plural styes stʌɪstaɪ
  • An inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

    睑腺炎,麦粒肿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Soak a washcloth in the solution, gently wring it, and apply it to the stye for 15 minutes two or three times a day.
    • At the risk of this blog becoming no more than a personal record of health maladies both real and imagined, I have this painful godawful stye in the outside corner of my right eye.
    • Her mother's knowledge includes remedies such as ‘tea bags for sties, compresses for ear infections and antibiotics for throat infections.’
    • We had another day at home, doing quiet things with our Christmas toys and hoping the stye wouldn't get worse.
    • Fourteen cases presented with sties on their right upper eyelids, six on their right lower lids, 13 on their left upper lids, and three on their left lower lids.
    • It all began last Monday, before my beloved sty was even a red twinkle just below my eye.
    • A sty is an infection of one of the follicles from which the eyelashes grow.
    • A sty is a small, inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland on the rim of an eyelid.
    • His poor little eyes were nearly closed with styes and when I touched his cheeks, his flesh had the soft, limp feeling of malnutrition.
    • Patty told me that she has inherited the cure for warts, styes and other ailments, passed to her from her mother who had them passed to her from her own mother, Patty s grandmother.
    • Usually the staphylococcal bacteria are not concentrated enough to do any harm, but sometimes they pass deeper into the skin to cause boils, abscesses, styes and carbuncles.
    • She has had numerous episodes of chest infections, blepharitis, recurrent styes, otitis externa, otitis media, with oozing and pussy ears.
    • If the sty stays or affects your vision, see your doctor.
    • A stye is an infection of a tear gland at the edge of the eyelid.
    • A stye is caused by infection of a gland at the base of one or more eyelashes.
    • But it was still cold, only just above freezing, and I have a theory that skin infections of any kind, even a mild one like a stye, are liable to worsen when exposed to bitterly cold air.
    • The stye usually causes pain, redness and swelling of the entire lid.
    • Check with your ophthalmologist to ensure that you don't have a sty which is causing the inflammation, or any type of infection.
    Synonyms
    pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, swelling, eruption, wen

Origin

Early 17th century: from dialect styany, from styan (from Old English stīgend 'riser') + eye.

sty1

nounstīstaɪ
  • 1A pigpen.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The farm at the centre of controversial plans to build a hotel in Rossendale has been targeted by vandals who attacked a new gate and sty, allowing animals to escape.
    • It was a complete sty; papers littered the ground, dirty dishes were in the sink, and the windows were covered with a grimy film.
    • I'm gonna catch a disease with my clothes torn, my body sweating and now, having to crawl through an absolute sty of filth!
    • The Captain crossed over an old wooden sty, his feet landed in the lush grass on the other side, he looked down at the morning dew, other foot steps stretched out in front of him.
    Synonyms
    paddock, fold, pen, compound, stockade, ring, yard, pound
    1. 1.1 A very dirty or untidy house or room.
      the place is a real sty, beer and wine bottles all over the place
verbstīstaɪ
[with object]archaic
  • Keep (a pig) in a sty.

    〈古〉把(猪)关在猪圈里

    the most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in

    最差的曾经圈过猪的地方。

Origin

Old English stī- (in stīfearh ‘sty pig’), probably identical with stig ‘hall’ (see steward), of Germanic origin.

sty2

(also stye)
nounstīstaɪ
  • An inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash.

    睑腺炎,麦粒肿

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Her mother's knowledge includes remedies such as ‘tea bags for sties, compresses for ear infections and antibiotics for throat infections.’
    • If the sty stays or affects your vision, see your doctor.
    • Soak a washcloth in the solution, gently wring it, and apply it to the stye for 15 minutes two or three times a day.
    • Check with your ophthalmologist to ensure that you don't have a sty which is causing the inflammation, or any type of infection.
    • His poor little eyes were nearly closed with styes and when I touched his cheeks, his flesh had the soft, limp feeling of malnutrition.
    • A sty is an infection of one of the follicles from which the eyelashes grow.
    • Usually the staphylococcal bacteria are not concentrated enough to do any harm, but sometimes they pass deeper into the skin to cause boils, abscesses, styes and carbuncles.
    • But it was still cold, only just above freezing, and I have a theory that skin infections of any kind, even a mild one like a stye, are liable to worsen when exposed to bitterly cold air.
    • Fourteen cases presented with sties on their right upper eyelids, six on their right lower lids, 13 on their left upper lids, and three on their left lower lids.
    • At the risk of this blog becoming no more than a personal record of health maladies both real and imagined, I have this painful godawful stye in the outside corner of my right eye.
    • A stye is caused by infection of a gland at the base of one or more eyelashes.
    • A stye is an infection of a tear gland at the edge of the eyelid.
    • We had another day at home, doing quiet things with our Christmas toys and hoping the stye wouldn't get worse.
    • A sty is a small, inflamed swelling of a sebaceous gland on the rim of an eyelid.
    • The stye usually causes pain, redness and swelling of the entire lid.
    • She has had numerous episodes of chest infections, blepharitis, recurrent styes, otitis externa, otitis media, with oozing and pussy ears.
    • It all began last Monday, before my beloved sty was even a red twinkle just below my eye.
    • Patty told me that she has inherited the cure for warts, styes and other ailments, passed to her from her mother who had them passed to her from her own mother, Patty s grandmother.
    Synonyms
    pimple, pustule, blemish, blackhead, boil, swelling, eruption, wen

Origin

Early 17th century: from dialect styany, from styan (from Old English stīgend ‘riser’) + eye.

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