1
- the truncated remnant of a pencil, cigarette, or similar-shaped object after use残端, 残余部分; 铅笔头; 烟蒂, 烟屁股。
1.1
- a truncated or unusually short thing截短物; 异常短的东西：
he wagged his little stub of tail.
他摇动着那条短小的尾巴。
1.2
- as modifier denoting a projection or hole that goes only part of the way through a surface短突起; 浅孔眼：
a stub tenon.
半榫。
2
- the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document（支票、收据、票据等单据的）票根, 存根。
(stubbed, stubbing)with obj.
1
- accidentally strike (one's toe) against something使（脚趾）踢碰：
I stubbed my toe, swore, and tripped.
我不小心踢到了脚趾, 骂了一声, 就绊倒了。
2
- extinguish (a lighted cigarette) by pressing the lighted end against something掐灭, 捻熄：
she stubbed out her cigarette in the overflowing ashtray.
她在已经满溢的烟灰缸里掐灭了香烟。
3
- grub up (a plant) by the roots连根挖：
he was found to have stubbed up a hedge.
有人发现他把树篱连根挖起来了。
词源
Old English stub（b） 'stump of a tree', of Germanic origin. The verb is first recorded (late Middle English) in sense 3; sense 1 of the verb （mid 19th cent.） was originally a US usage.