starched

动词 v. 形容词 adj.

中文释义

英文释义

动词 v.

形容词 adj.

Of a garment: having had starch applied.

— I recall the height of comfort attained by the green-cushioned "first" with starched white antimacassars and a pretentious grey floor mat on which it seemed a sacrilege to stand, as it was embellished with the North Western conception of Britannia, complete with trident.
Stiff, formal, rigid; prim and proper.

— Does the Gospel any where prescribe a starched squeezed Countenance, a stiff formal Gait, a Singularity of Manners and Habit, or any affected Modes of Speech, different from the reasonable Part of Mankind?

more starched comparative most starched superlative

衍生词

nonstarched starchedly starchedness unstarched