stern 音标拼音: [st'ɚn]
n . 尾部,船尾,臀
a . 严厉的,严格的,坚定的,坚决的,可怖的
尾部,船尾,臀严厉的,严格的,坚定的,坚决的,可怖的
stern adj 1 :
of a stern or strict bearing or demeanor ;
forbidding in aspect ; "
an austere expression "; "
a stern face " [
synonym :
{
austere }, {
stern }]
2 :
not to be placated or appeased or moved by entreaty ; "
grim determination "; "
grim necessity "; "
Russia '
s final hour ,
it seemed ,
approached with inexorable certainty "; "
relentless persecution "; "
the stern demands of parenthood " [
synonym : {
grim },
{
inexorable }, {
relentless }, {
stern }, {
unappeasable },
{
unforgiving }, {
unrelenting }]
3 :
severe and unremitting in making demands ; "
an exacting instructor "; "
a stern disciplinarian "; "
strict standards "
[
synonym : {
stern }, {
strict }, {
exacting }]
4 :
severely simple ; "
a stark interior " [
synonym : {
austere },
{
severe }, {
stark }, {
stern }]
n 1 :
the rear part of a ship [
synonym : {
stern }, {
after part },
{
quarter }, {
poop }, {
tail }]
2 :
United States concert violinist (
born in Russia in 1920 )
[
synonym : {
Stern }, {
Isaac Stern }]
3 :
the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on ; "
he deserves a good kick in the butt "; "
are you going to sit on your fanny and do nothing ?" [
synonym : {
buttocks }, {
nates },
{
arse }, {
butt }, {
backside }, {
bum }, {
buns }, {
can },
{
fundament }, {
hindquarters }, {
hind end }, {
keister },
{
posterior }, {
prat }, {
rear }, {
rear end }, {
rump }, {
stern },
{
seat }, {
tail }, {
tail end }, {
tooshie }, {
tush }, {
bottom },
{
behind }, {
derriere }, {
fanny }, {
ass }]
Stern \
Stern \,
n . [
AS .
stearn a kind of bird .
See {
Starling }.]
(
Zool .)
The black tern .
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Stern \
Stern \,
a . [
Compar . {
Sterner };
superl . {
Sternest }.] [
OE .
sterne ,
sturne ,
AS .
styrne ;
cf .
D .
stuurish stern ,
Sw .
stursk refractory . [
root ]
166 .]
Having a certain hardness or severity of nature ,
manner ,
or aspect ;
hard ;
severe ;
rigid ;
rigorous ;
austere ;
fixed ;
unchanging ;
unrelenting ;
hence ,
serious ;
resolute ;
harsh ;
as ,
a sternresolve ;
a stern necessity ;
a stern heart ;
a stern gaze ;
a stern decree .
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The sterne wind so loud gan to rout . --
Chaucer .
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I would outstare the sternest eyes that look . --
Shak .
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When that the poor have cried ,
Caesar hath wept ;
Ambition should be made of sterner stuff . --
Shak .
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Stern as tutors ,
and as uncles hard . --
Dryden .
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These barren rocks ,
your stern inheritance .
--
Wordsworth .
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Syn :
Gloomy ;
sullen ;
forbidding ;
strict ;
unkind ;
hard -
hearted ;
unfeeling ;
cruel ;
pitiless .
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Stern \
Stern \,
n . [
Icel .
stj [=
o ]
rn a steering ,
or a doubtful AS .
ste ['
o ]
rn . [
root ]
166 .
See {
Steer },
v .
t .]
1 .
The helm or tiller of a vessel or boat ;
also ,
the rudder .
[
Obs .] --
Chaucer .
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2 . (
Naut .)
The after or rear end of a ship or other vessel ,
or of a boat ;
the part opposite to the stem ,
or prow .
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3 .
Fig .:
The post of management or direction .
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And sit chiefest stern of public weal . --
Shak .
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4 .
The hinder part of anything . --
Spenser .
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5 .
The tail of an animal ; --
now used only of the tail of a dog .
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{
By the stern }. (
Naut .)
See {
By the head },
under {
By }.
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Stern \
Stern \,
a .
Being in the stern ,
or being astern ;
as ,
the stern davits .
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{
Stern board } (
Naut .),
a going or falling astern ;
a loss of way in making a tack ;
as ,
to make a stern board .
See {
Board },
n .,
8 (
b ) .
{
Stern chase }. (
Naut .)
(
a )
See under {
Chase },
n .
(
b )
A stern chaser .
{
Stern chaser } (
Naut .),
a cannon placed in a ship '
s stern ,
pointing backward ,
and intended to annoy a ship that is in pursuit .
{
Stern fast } (
Naut .),
a rope used to confine the stern of a ship or other vessel ,
as to a wharf or buoy .
{
Stern frame } (
Naut .),
the framework of timber forms the stern of a ship .
{
Stern knee }.
See {
Sternson }.
{
Stern port } (
Naut .),
a port ,
or opening ,
in the stern of a ship .
{
Stern sheets } (
Naut .),
that part of an open boat which is between the stern and the aftmost seat of the rowers , --
usually furnished with seats for passengers .
{
Stern wheel },
a paddle wheel attached to the stern of the steamboat which it propels .
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122 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stern ":
Spartan ,
Spartanic ,
adamant ,
adamantine ,
afterpart ,
afterpiece ,
arse ,
ascetic ,
ass ,
astringent ,
austere ,
authoritarian ,
back ,
back door ,
back seat ,
back side ,
backside ,
beam ,
behind ,
bottom ,
breech ,
bum ,
butt ,
can ,
cast -
iron ,
cheeks ,
churlish ,
counter ,
crabbed ,
crabby ,
critical ,
crusty ,
demanding ,
derriere ,
determined ,
dour ,
exacting ,
exigent ,
fanny ,
fantail ,
firm ,
flinty ,
forbidding ,
frowning ,
gloomy ,
grave ,
grim ,
gruff ,
hard ,
hard -
core ,
harsh ,
heel ,
hind end ,
hind part ,
hindhead ,
immovable ,
immutable ,
implacable ,
impliable ,
inclement ,
inelastic ,
inexorable ,
inflexible ,
intransigent ,
iron ,
irreconcilable ,
keister ,
lugubrious ,
meticulous ,
mortified ,
obdurate ,
occiput ,
poop ,
posterior ,
postern ,
prat ,
rear ,
rear end ,
rearward ,
relentless ,
resolute ,
reverse ,
rigid ,
rigorous ,
rock -
ribbed ,
rough ,
rudderpost ,
rugged ,
rump ,
rusty -
dusty ,
saturnine ,
serious ,
severe ,
sour ,
steadfast ,
steely ,
stiff ,
stony ,
strict ,
stringent ,
taciturn ,
tail ,
tail end ,
tailpiece ,
tough ,
tuchis ,
tush ,
tushy ,
unaffected ,
unalterable ,
unbending ,
unchangeable ,
uncompromising ,
unforgiving ,
ungentle ,
ungiving ,
unmoved ,
unrelenting ,
unremitting ,
unsparing ,
unsympathetic ,
unyielding
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