Stuffy - перевод на Русский и значение в Английском

adjective

Stuffy; not ventilated.

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A dusty, airless basement

adjective

Having little or no air from outside, and having no movement of air

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My hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Used to describe a place where it is difficult to breathe or the air is not fresh

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An airless office, my hotel room was small, airless, and uncomfortable.

adjective

Not interesting; tedious.

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I've got a boring job in an office

verb

Make (a hole) in something with a tool or by digging.

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Bore a hole in the wall to pass the cable through

verb

Cause (someone) to feel weary and uninterested by dull talk or behaviour.

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She is too polite to bore us with anecdotes

adjective

Tending to form clots; sticky.

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Claggy mud

adjective

Thick and sticky

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The soil in the garden was thick, claggy clay., the claggy weather in the west will clear to leave …

adjective

Feeling unpleasantly humid (= when the air feels wet and thick)

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The claggy weather in the west will clear to leave drier and brighter conditions.

adjective

Only a short distance away or apart in space or time.

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The hotel is close to the sea

adverb

Very near to someone or something; with very little space between.

Примеры использования:

They stood close to the door

noun

Another term for high (sense 7 of the adjective).

noun

A person who conforms to accepted behaviour or established practices.

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Organizations where employees are loyal without being unthinking conformists

adjective

Conforming to accepted behaviour or established practices; conventional.

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The poet became more conformist in his later years

noun

Someone who behaves or thinks like the other people in a group and doesn't do anything unusual

adjective

Averse to change or innovation and holding traditional values.

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They were very conservative in their outlook

noun

A person who is averse to change and holds traditional values.

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He was considered a conservative in his approach to catholic teachings

adjective

Tending to emphasize the importance of preserving traditional cultural and religious values, and to oppose change, esp. sudden change

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He wore a conservative business suit for his interview., she was conservatively dressed in a gray s…

adjective

Based on or in accordance with what is generally done or believed.

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A conventional morality had dictated behaviour

adjective

Following the usual practices of the past

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We were raised in a conventional, middle-class family., it’s a conventional hot-water heater (= of …

adjective

Relating to accepted or traditional ways of doing something

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Conventional accounting/business practices/methods, it is estimated that over one-third of sub-prim…

adjective

Depressingly dull and bleak or repetitive.

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The dreary round of working, eating, and trying to sleep

adjective

Unattractive and having nothing of any interest, and therefore likely to make you sad

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It was a gray, dreary day, with periods of rain.

adjective

Boring and making you feel unhappy

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A dreary little town, she had spent another dreary day in the office.

adjective

Lacking interest or excitement.

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Your diet doesn't have to be dull and boring

verb

Make or become dull or less intense.

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Time dulls the memory

adjective

Not interesting or exciting; boring

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Many of the courtroom events were dull and routine., the lecture was dry, dull, and full of statist…

adjective

Done in accordance with convention or etiquette; suitable for or constituting an official or important occasion.

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A formal dinner party

noun

An evening dress.

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Cocktail parties every night so the ladies can show off their formals

adjective

Public or official

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Formal procedures, a formal announcement

adjective

Having a stale, warm, and stuffy atmosphere.

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A small, frowsty office

adjective

(of a room) having an unpleasant smell because of having no fresh air

adjective

Scruffy and neglected in appearance.

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Seedy-looking doormen in frowzy uniforms

adjective

Not attractive, new, or fashionable

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She was wearing a frowzy dress in a dull shade of purple.

adjective

Not attractive, new, or fashionable

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She was wearing a frowzy dress in a dull shade of purple.

adjective

(of a room or atmosphere) warm, stuffy, or smoky.

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It was fuggy in the cabin

adjective

Having air that is not pure, especially because of smoke, heat, or having a lot of people in a small space

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Pubs have become a lot less fuggy since smoking was banned., the fuggy atmosphere seemed to stick i…

adjective

Of great weight; difficult to lift or move.

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A heavy and bulky load

noun

A thing, such as a vehicle, that is large or heavy of its kind.

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Meanwhile, he is leading the charge at airport to beef up the runway and expand support facilities …

adverb

Heavily.

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Heavy-laden

adjective

Not influenced by, showing, or involving personal feelings.

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The impersonal power of a government

adjective

Lacking or not showing any interest or feeling

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The congressman gave a short, impersonal speech and left soon afterward.

adjective

Without human warmth; not friendly and without features that make people feel interested or involved

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She has a very cold and impersonal manner., hospitals always seem so impersonal - rows of identical…

adjective

(of the weather) unpleasantly warm and humid.

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It was a hot, very muggy evening

adjective

(of weather) very warm and humid (= containing a lot of very small drops of water in the air)

adjective

Having a stale, mouldy, or damp smell.

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A dark musty library

adjective

Smelling old and slightly wet

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A musty room

idiom

Traditional and old-fashioned

adjective

Not modern; belonging to or typical of a time in the past

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Old-fashioned clothes/ideas/music, she’s old-fashioned (= her views are typical of the past, not th…

adjective

Inflicting harsh and authoritarian treatment.

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An oppressive dictatorship

adjective

Oppressive weather is hot, with a lot of wetness in the air.

adjective

Affectedly grand, solemn, or self-important.

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A pompous ass who pretends he knows everything

adjective

Feeling or showing that you think you are better or more important than other people

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I regarded him as somewhat pompous and opinionated., the pomposity of new york society

adjective

Self-righteously moralistic and superior.

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A priggish little pedant

adjective

Like a prig

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I found him priggish and cold.

adjective

Feeling or showing disapproval of anything regarded as improper; stiffly correct.

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A very prim and proper lady

verb

Purse (the mouth or lips) into a prim expression.

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Laurie primmed up his mouth

adjective

Slow to reveal emotion or opinions.

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He is a reserved, almost taciturn man

verb

Retain for future use.

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Roll out half the dough and reserve the other half

adjective

Tending to keep your feelings or thoughts private rather than showing them

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Marcus is more reserved than his brother.

adjective

Calm, dignified, and unhurried.

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In the old days, business was carried on at a rather more sedate pace

verb

Calm (someone) or make them sleep by administering a sedative drug.

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She was heavily sedated

adjective

Calm and controlled, and often traditional in habit or manner

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She preferred standard ballads and sedate pop tunes to rock music.

adjective

Not affected by alcohol; not drunk.

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Drunk or sober, he was driven by a manic energy and impatience that made him a difficult friend and…

verb

Make or become sober after drinking alcohol.

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That coffee sobered him up

adjective

Having had no alcohol; not drunk

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The sober expression had not left martin’s face.

adjective

Sedate, respectable, and unadventurous.

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Staid law firms

adjective

Not exciting or fashionable; serious

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She never adjusted to her husband’s staid lifestyle.

adjective

Serious, boring, and slightly old-fashioned

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In an attempt to change its staid image, the newspaper has created a new section aimed at younger r…

adjective

(of food) no longer fresh and pleasant to eat; hard, musty, or dry.

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Stale bread

verb

Make or become stale.

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She would cut up yesterday's leftover bread, staling now

verb

(of an animal, especially a horse) urinate.

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The horse staled while he was riding

adjective

Not easily bent or changed in shape; rigid.

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A stiff black collar

noun

A dead body.

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When the bodies of various stiffs start disappearing from the local morgue, the police are baffled …

verb

Cheat (someone) out of something, especially money.

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Several workers were stiffed out of their pay

adjective

(of heat, air, or a room) very hot and causing difficulties in breathing; suffocating.

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Stifling heat

verb

Make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate.

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Those in the streets were stifled by the fumes

adjective

Extremely hot, with a lack of fresh air

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Summers in virginia have always had stifling humidity.

adjective

(of food) heavy, filling, and high in carbohydrates.

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He loves stodgy puddings

adjective

Acting according to old, established methods and unwilling to change or consider new ideas

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One of the stodgiest and most private of the nation’s banks

adjective

Having old-fashioned and unchanging morals, especially relating to sexual matters

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The joke shocked her strait-laced parents.

adjective

Causing difficulty in breathing.

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The suffocating heat

verb

Die or cause to die from lack of air or inability to breathe.

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They suffocated in their sleep

adjective

Something that is suffocating makes you feel uncomfortably hot or unable to breathe

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I've got to open the window - it's suffocating in here!, suffocating smoke/fumes, the book tells th…

adjective

(of the air or weather) hot and humid.

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The sultry late summer weather had brought swarms of insects

adjective

(of weather) very hot and humid (= with air that contains very small drops of water)

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It was a sultry night, and i was walking home., a sultry dance