stub
stub
noun
[with obj.]
noun
- 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
■a truncated or unusually short thing
截短物；异常短的东西
he wagged his little stub of tail.
他摇动着那条短尾巴。
■[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。 - the counterfoil of a cheque, receipt, ticket, or other document
（支票、收据、票据等单据的）票根，存根
[with obj.]
- 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。 - 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。 - 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。
- 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
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