Значення

значень: 15
  1. Rigid; hard to bend; inflexible.

  2. (переносно)Inflexible; rigid.

    steif, starr

    жёсткийžóstkij, непоколеби́мыйnepokolebímyj, непрекло́нныйnepreklónnyj

  3. Formal in behavior; unrelaxed.

    steif

    холо́дныйxolódnyj, чо́порныйčópornyj

    rigidly formal

  4. (розмовне)Harsh, severe.

    He was eventually caught, and given a stiff fine.

    стро́гийstrógij, суро́выйsuróvyj

  5. Painful or more rigid than usual as a result of excessive or unaccustomed exercise.

    My legs are stiff after climbing that hill yesterday.

  6. Potent.

    a stiff drink; a stiff dose; a stiff breeze

    кре́пкийkrépkij, сильноде́йствующийsilʹnodéjstvujuščij

  7. (розмовне)Expensive, pricey.

  8. (розмовне)Dead, deceased.

    steif

    окостене́вшийokostenévšij, одеревене́лыйoderevenélyj

  9. (сленг)Erect.

  10. Having a dense consistency; thick; (by extension) Difficult to stir.

    Adding too much peanut butter to your Peanut Sauce recipe may cause your sauce to turn out too stiff.

  11. Beaten until so aerated that they stand up straight on their own.

    beat the egg whites until they are stiff

  12. Of an equation, for which certain numerical solving methods are numerically unstable, unless the step size is taken to be extremely small.

Приклади

речень: 117
  1. Shoes are stiff when they are new.

    Взуття жорстке, коли нове.

    ruНовая обувь обычно жёсткая.

  2. Their muscles are stiff.

    У них крепатура.

    deIhre Muskeln sind steif.

  3. I'm bored stiff.

    Мені надзвичайно нудно.

    deIch sterbe vor Langerweile.

  4. I was scared stiff.

    Я був переляканий всмерть.

    ruЯ был до смерти напуган.

    deIch hatte eine Heidenangst.

  5. Did you say you got stiffed?

Русский
За значеннями 6
figuratively: of policies and rules and their application and enforcement:
of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible:
of a person, formal in behavior, unrelaxed:
colloquial: harsh, severe:
potent:
of muscles, or parts of the body:
Deutsch
За значеннями 1
of an object, rigid, hard to bend, inflexible:

Походження

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *

From Middle English stiff, stiffe, stif, from Old English stīf, from Proto-West Germanic *stīf, from Proto-Germanic *stīfaz, from Proto-Indo-European *steypós.

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