1MOVE/CHANGE POSITIONMOVE something OR somebodyimpossible or unable to move from a particular position 卡住的,无法移动的,动不了的
Sara tried to open the window but it was stuck.
萨拉想打开窗户,但窗户卡住了。
They got stuck in a traffic jam.
他们遇到了交通堵塞。
stuck in
The boat was stuck in the mud.
船陷在泥里了。
I’ve got something stuck in my throat.
我的喉咙里卡了什么东西。
2ESCAPE# informal unable to escape from a bad or boring situation 无法摆脱困境的
stuck in/at
Mum resented being stuck at home with two young kids.
妈妈讨厌整天困在家里照看两个幼小的孩子。
We could be stuck in this place for days.
我们可能会被困在这个地方好几天。
3CAN'T informal unable to do any more of something that you are working on because it is too difficult 被难倒的,难住的;没法进行下去的
Can you help me with my homework, Dad? I’m stuck.
爸爸,你能辅导我做一下家庭作业吗?我不会做了。
stuck on
If you get stuck on a difficult word, just ask for help.
如果遇到难的单词,就请求帮助。
4be stuck with somethingHAVE informal to have something you do not want because you cannot get rid of it 不得不接受某事物;无法摆脱某事物
We are, unfortunately, stuck with this huge, ugly building.
不幸的是,我们只得接受这幢又大又丑的楼房。
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be stuck with something• Rosenberg was stuck with 400 shirts that cost $ 4 each.• We're renting the house, so we're stuck with this uglywallpaper.• Chutra and I were stuck with each other like binarystars.• He sat thinking how he was stuck with her, how there was no privacy in this house for emergency situations.• I suppose I was stuck with him, like it or not.• If an organism has haemoglobin, it is stuck with it.• Now they are stuck with those higher prices.• All four of them were stuck with us!• If she was stuck withwanting a man whose background and conditioning were alien to her, then that was her problem.
5be stuck with somebodyto have to spend time with someone or have a relationship with them, even though you do not want to 摆脱不了某人,甩不掉某人
They are stuck with each other with no end in sight.
他们俩互相都被对方拖住,看不到出头之日。
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be stuck with somebody• Rosenberg was stuck with 400 shirts that cost $ 4 each.• Chutra and I were stuck with each other like binarystars.• He sat thinking how he was stuck with her, how there was no privacy in this house for emergency situations.• I suppose I was stuck with him, like it or not.• If an organism has haemoglobin, it is stuck with it.• Now they are stuck with those higher prices.• All four of them were stuck with us!• If she was stuck withwanting a man whose background and conditioning were alien to her, then that was her problem.
6be stuck for somethingto be unable to think what to say or do 词穷句蹇,不知所措
For once Anthony was stuck for words (=did not know what to say).
就这一次安东尼无话可说了。
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be stuck for something• Most of what they accused him of was true, and Wyden was stuck for an answer.• I was stuck for an answer.• Antony for once was stuck for words.
7get stuck in/get stuck into somethingBritish EnglishBrE spokenSTART DOING something to start doing something eagerly and with a lot of energy 积极地开始做某事,急切地做某事
Take your jacket off and get stuck in!
脱下夹克,甩开膀子开始干吧!
8be stuck on somebodyinformalATTRACT to be attracted to someone 对某人入迷
He says he’s stuck on me.
他说他被我迷住了。
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be stuck on somebody• Jane's really stuck on the new boy in her class.• Now I was stuck on my northernmosthang-up.• Co. was stuck on Santa Cruz.• I was afraid I would be stuck on the medicine for ever.• They were stuck on the outside like cheerleaders.• He must, of course, be stuck on the page where I left him.• But my mind was stuck on this Martiantheory.
nTHESAURUS
stuck [not before noun]fixed or trapped in a particular position or place and unable to move or be moved
I can’t open this drawer – it’s stuck.
Sorry I’m late – I got stuck in traffic.
jammed [not before noun] stuck and impossible to move – used especially about parts of a machine, or something trapped between two surfaces
The photocopier is jammed again.
I put in a 50p coin but it got jammed in the slot.
entangled [not before noun]twisted together and unable to be separated – used especially about things such as hair, wire, or string getting caught around something
The chain of her necklace was entangled in her hair.
Swimming in the river is dangerous because you might get entangled in the weeds.
stranded stuck and unable to move from or leave a place – used about people, vehicles, and animals
Hundreds of motorists were left stranded by the snowstorms.
They helped push the beached whale back into the sea.
the owner of the beached vessel
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stuck• I can't open the window - it's stuck.• Obviously it is worth keeping watch over the pond during these times to ensure that the fish do not become stuck.• They tried to drive through the snow, but the car got stuck.• This drawer is stuck.• Douglas drove very carefully, making sure that Jean didn't get stuck at the traffic lights.• The elevator was stuck between two floors.• While some special interests get fat, the averagetaxpayer gets stuckcleaning up the manure and feeling prettyfrail.• She had got stuck getting out of Belfast, and got lost trying to take a short cut round the traffic jam.• Sorry I'm late. I got stuck in traffic.• He would instead become stuck making endlesscomparisons and contrasts, often making no decision at all or a purely random one.• But here I am stuck now and can't go out in case I bump into her.• I was getting stuck with all their problems.
got stuck• Stepping down off the chair to pick it up, so did I, and I got stuck.• She had got stuck getting out of Belfast, and got lost trying to take a short cut round the traffic jam.• Richie had attempted to open some beans and the opener got stuckhalf way round the lid and refused to go any further.• The candygot stuck in my teeth.• One got stuck in some orangepancakesyrup.• I guess Waldo must have been the codename for CorelDRAW 2 during development and it got stuck in the code.• Somehow he got his toe stuck in the drain.• I arrived late for supper, having got stuck in the flats with my boat.• Then his cabgot stuck in traffic, for which I thanked the Lord.• He stripped off his clothes and jumped overboard to free the straps when they got stuck under the raft.
get stuck• And I hated it even more when I rented one in New Zealand and it got stuck.• Stepping down off the chair to pick it up, so did I, and I got stuck.• Well, when he grabbed the tarbaby, he got stuck.• But Ranger 1 got stuck in loworbit around Earth, as did Ranger 2 three months later.• He should get stuck in, or get out.• If a puntingpolegets stuck in the mud the best thing is to twist it.• When you get stuck, what do you want me to do?