stub

英 [st?b] 美[st?b]

低頻詞TEM8擴展詞匯

復(fù)數(shù):?stubs;第三人稱單數(shù):?stubs;過去式:?stubbed;過去分詞:?stubbed;現(xiàn)在分詞:?stubbing;

1. steep => stub => stubble.

stub 煙蒂，存根，票根

來自古英語 stybb,樹樁，樹墩，來自 Proto-Germanic*stubjaz,樹樁，樹墩，來自 PIE*steu,推，擊，打，詞源同 study,stupid,type.引申詞義煙蒂，存根，票根等。

stub (n.): Old English stybb "stump of a tree," from Proto-Germanic *stubjaz (cognates: Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from PIE root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Extended 14c. to other short, thick, protruding things. Meaning "remaining part of something partially consumed" is from 1520s.
stub (v.): mid-15c., "dig up stumps, dig up by the roots," from stub (n.). The sens of "strike (one's toe) against" something projecting from a surface is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Related: Stubbed; stubbing.

1. Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.: 入口處的告示牌提醒游客們熄滅香煙。