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stick THIN PIECEstIkn [C]a thin piece of wood木条，木棍，木棒We dropped two sticks into the river and watched to see which one came out on the other side of the bridge first.我们往河里扔了两根木条，看哪一根先在桥的另一边出现。The rioters threw sticks and stones at the police.暴徒们向警察投掷木棒和石块。Blind people sometimes carry white sticks which they use to help them find their way around.盲人有时用白木棍来帮他们探路。Police said that the child had been beaten with a stick.警方说孩子被木棒打了。(fig.) The party has a number of sticks with which to beat (= It has several ways of forcing) the prime minister into submission.这政党有一些能迫使总理屈服的手段。A lollipop is a sweet on a stick (= a short thin piece of wood, plastic or paper).棒棒糖是在小木棍上的糖。The boys were chased out of the field by an angry farmer brandishing/wielding a stick.男孩们被一个愤怒的挥舞着木棍的农夫赶出了田地。They served sausages on (cocktail) sticks (= short thin pieces of wood with a point at each end) at the party.他们在晚会上提供插着小棍的香肠。He's still quite active, although he's now 84 and walks with the aid of a (walking) stick (= a long thin piece of wood which you can use as a support when you are walking).虽然他现在84岁，走路需要用拐杖，但他仍相当活跃。A stick is also a long thin piece of wood with a curved end used in playing HOCKEY, or a long thin piece of wood with a triangular shaped net at one end used for playing LACROSSE, or a long thin piece of wood with a solid tube-shaped piece fixed horizontally to one end of it used for playing POLO.曲棍球球棍;兜网球球棍;马球杆a hockey/lacrosse/polo stick曲棍球/兜网球/马球球杆A stick of something is a long thin piece of it.条，根a stick of celery/rhubarb/chewing-gum/chalk/dynamite一根芹菜/大黄/口香糖/一支粉笔/一筒炸药(Br) When we went to Blackpool, we bought several sticks of rock (= a type of hard sweet).在我们去布莱克普尔时，我们买了几根硬糖。A stick can also mean a piece of furniture.一件家具When they got married, they didn't have a stick of furniture.结婚时，他们一件家具也没有。These few sticks are all she has.这几件便是她所有的家具了。He said that when he was a boy, his father used to take a stick to him (= hit him with a long thin piece of wood) to punish him.他说当他还是个孩子的时候，他父亲经常用木棒来惩罚他。(Br infml) If you up sticks (Am pull up stakes), you take your belongings and go and live in a different place.搬家，迁居This is the fourth time in five years that we've had to up sticks.这是五年中我们第四次被迫搬家。A stick figure (also matchstick figure) is a simple picture of a person in which the head is drawn as a circle and the body, arms and legs are drawn as lines.人物线条示意图A stick insect is a large insect with a long thin body and legs.竹节虫She's as thin as a stick insect.她像竹节虫一样瘦。Stick shift is Am for gear lever. [GEAR ](saying) 'Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words can never hurt me'means that I cannot be hurt by unpleasant things that are said to me. This is sometimes shortened to'Sticks and stones'“棍棒和石头有可能打断我的骨头，但言语伤害不了我。”[BROOMSTICK, CANDLESTICK, CHOPSTICK, JOSS STICK, POGO STICK ☆ STICKS]
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