用中文说: "Stiff"

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用中文说: "Stiff"

Stiff

【中文】1.逃避买单、逃单 2.无聊的、无趣的 3.尸体

    1.Táobì mǎidān, táodān 2. Wúliáo de, wúqù de 3. Shītǐ

【解释】1. To skip out on a bill or not pay someone when you promised to. 2. To be overly boring or formal. 3. A corpse.

【例句】

- Usually, when it comes to the bill time, he'd stand up and excuse himself for things like washing hands, having a cigarette and so on. That's his old tricks of stiffing (his friends) on bills.

 一般情况下,快结账时,他就会起身去洗手和抽烟什么的,这是他逃避买单的惯用伎俩。

 Yībān qíngkuàng xià, kuài jiézhàng shí, tā jiù huì qǐshēn qù xǐshǒu hé chōuyān shénme de, zhè shì tā táobì mǎidān de guànyòng jìliǎng.

- Years ago, we hung out for a few times. I thought he was a bit of a stiff. So we stopped.

 很多年前我们一起玩过几次,我觉得他有点无趣,就没再约了。

 Hěnduō nián qián wǒmen yīqǐ wánguò jǐ cì, wǒ juédé tā yǒudiǎn wúqù, jiù méi zài yuēle.

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