stub
/stʌb/ (bre, ipa) · /stʌb/ (ame, ipa) · /ˈstəb/ (ame, mw)
stub — 名詞
- stubsingular
- stubsplural
1. the small leftover piece that stays behind when the rest of something has been u
殘餘端；存根
用剩、撕除或折斷後留下的短小端部
the small leftover piece that stays behind when the rest of something has been used up, pulled away, or snapped off.
Kwabena kept the ticket stub in his wallet as proof that he had paid for the journey.
Kwabena 把票根留在皮夾裡，當作已經付過車資的證明。
ticket stub: the portion kept as a record after the main ticket is torn off
The pencil was worn down to a stub barely longer than a fingernail.
那支鉛筆已經削到只剩指甲般長的一小截殘餘端了。
pencil stub: what remains after a pencil has been sharpened many times
Safiya emptied the glass ashtray, which held nothing but a dozen old cigarette stubs.
Safiya 清空了玻璃菸灰缸，裡面只有十幾根舊的菸蒂。
After the storm, only a splintered stub remained where the thick oak branch had snapped off.
暴風雨過後，粗壯橡樹枝椏折斷的地方只剩一截碎裂的殘枝。
The cashier tore off the stub and handed the main receipt to Ines with a polite smile.
收銀員撕下存根，帶著禮貌的微笑把收據正本交給 Ines。
- butt
specifically the discarded end of a smoked cigarette or cigar; not used for tickets or pencils
- stump
larger and usually organic — the base of a tree, a broken tooth, or an amputated limb
- end
a general term for any terminal part; lacks the sense of something being cut short or leftover
- remnant
more formal; often used for cloth, fabric offcuts, or abstract things ('remnants of the past')
文法句型
a stub of [something]
cigarette stub
ticket stub
pencil stub
用法筆記
Refers to a wide range of leftover pieces: the end of a used pencil, the retained half of a torn ticket, the unsmoked end of a cigarette, or the broken base of a branch. The key idea is that the piece is short and incomplete compared to the original object. Distinguish from 'stump' (sense 1), which is larger and usually organic.
常見錯誤
stub — 動詞
- stubpresent simple I / you / we / they
- stubs3rd person singular
- stubbing-ing form
- stubbedpast simple
1. to knock your toe sharply against a hard object by mistake, causing a sudden jol
撞傷腳趾
腳趾意外撞到硬物而受傷
to knock your toe sharply against a hard object by mistake, causing a sudden jolt of pain.
Takeshi stubbed his toe on the metal bed frame and swore under his breath in the dark.
Takeshi 在黑暗中踢到金屬床架撞傷了腳趾，低聲罵了一句。
stub + your/his/her toe + on [object]
In the dim hallway, Amara stubbed her toe against a heavy wooden chest someone had left there.
在昏暗的走廊裡，Amara 的腳趾撞上了一個被人放在那裡的沉重木箱。
stub + your/her toe + against [object]
The little boy cried out after stubbing his toe on the rough concrete kerb outside the shop.
小男孩在店外踢到粗糙的水泥路緣，撞傷腳趾後放聲大哭。
Running barefoot through the garden, Dinesh stubbed his toe on a hidden rock and fell forward.
Dinesh 赤腳跑過花園時踢到一塊藏在草叢裡的石頭，撞傷腳趾向前撲倒。
Esi stubbed her toe so hard on the bathroom doorframe that the nail turned dark purple.
Esi 在浴室門框上狠狠撞傷了腳趾，指甲都變成深紫色了。
文法句型
stub + your/his/her + toe + on/against + [hard object]
用法筆記
Almost always used with a possessive pronoun ('my', 'your', 'his', 'her') and 'toe' as the direct object. The hard surface or object follows 'on' or 'against.' The action is always accidental — you cannot deliberately stub your toe in the way this verb describes.
常見錯誤
2. to put out a lit cigarette or cigar by grinding its burning tip firmly against a
捻熄
將菸頭按壓在硬面上使其熄滅
to put out a lit cigarette or cigar by grinding its burning tip firmly against a hard surface.
Tariq stubbed out his cigarette on the brick wall before walking into the hospital lobby.
Tariq 在走進醫院大廳前，把香菸在磚牆上捻熄了。
stub + out + [cigarette]: phrasal verb for extinguishing by crushing
The gravel path was dotted with cigarette ends that other visitors had stubbed out carelessly.
碎石小徑上散落著其他訪客隨手捻熄的菸蒂。
passive: [cigarette] + had been stubbed out
Noa leaned over the balcony railing and stubbed out the cigar in a small metal ashtray.
Noa 靠向陽臺欄杆，把雪茄在一個小金屬菸灰缸裡捻熄。
The security guard pointed at the sign and asked the visitor to stub out his cigarette at once.
警衛指著告示牌，要求訪客立刻捻熄手中的香菸。
- extinguish
formal; used for fires and flames in general, not specifically for crushing cigarettes
- put out
the general phrasal verb for stopping something from burning; broader than 'stub out'
- crush out
close in meaning but less idiomatic than 'stub out' for cigarettes
文法句型
stub + out + [cigarette/cigar]
stub + [cigarette/cigar] + out
用法筆記
Always used with the particle 'out.' Without 'out,' the verb has a different meaning (compare sense 1: 'stub your toe'). The object is almost always a cigarette, cigar, or similar item that can be extinguished by pressing its tip against something solid.