stickler 音标拼音: [st'ɪkəlɚ] [st'ɪklɚ]
n . 好挑剔的人;拘泥的人
好挑剔的人;拘泥的人
stickler n 1 :
someone who insists on something ; "
a stickler for promptness "
Stickler \
Stic "
kler \ (
st [
i ^]
k "
kl [~
e ]
r ),
n . [
See {
Stickle },
v .
t .]
One who stickles .
Specifically :
[
1913 Webster ]
(
a )
One who arbitrates a duel ;
a sidesman to a fencer ;
a second ;
an umpire . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Basilius ,
the judge ,
appointed sticklers and trumpets whom the others should obey . --
Sir P .
Sidney .
[
1913 Webster ]
Our former chiefs ,
like sticklers of the war ,
First sought to inflame the parties ,
then to poise .
--
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
(
b )
One who pertinaciously contends for some trifling things ,
as a point of etiquette ;
an unreasonable ,
obstinate contender ;
as ,
a stickler for ceremony .
[
1913 Webster ]
The Tory or High -
church were the greatest sticklers against the exorbitant proceedings of King James II . --
Swift .
[
1913 Webster ]
49 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stickler ":
Simon Legree ,
absolute monarch ,
absolute ruler ,
all -
powerful ruler ,
arrogator ,
ass ,
autarch ,
autocrat ,
bigot ,
bitter -
ender ,
bullethead ,
caesar ,
captious critic ,
commissar ,
czar ,
despot ,
dictator ,
diehard ,
disciplinarian ,
dogmatist ,
donkey ,
driver ,
duce ,
fanatic ,
hard master ,
hardnose ,
intransigeant ,
intransigent ,
last -
ditcher ,
martinet ,
maverick ,
mule ,
nitpicker ,
oligarch ,
oppressor ,
perfectionist ,
perverse fool ,
pharaoh ,
pighead ,
positivist ,
precisian ,
precisianist ,
purist ,
slave driver ,
standpat ,
standpatter ,
tyrant ,
usurper ,
warlord
安装中文字典英文字典查询工具! 中文字典英文字典工具:
复制到剪贴板
英文字典中文字典相关资料:
Google Translate Google Translate Google Traduction