stiff-necked

形容词 adj.
中文释义

英文释义

形容词 adj.
  1. Having a stiff neck; suffering from torticollis literally
  2. Stubborn and arrogant. figuratively
    — For the Lord had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.

词形变化

more stiff-necked comparative most stiff-necked superlative

词汇关系

衍生词
stiff-neckedly stiff-neckedness

词源

From stiff + neck + -ed.
(figurative): Calque of Hebrew קשה ערף (Exodus 33). A biblical term similar to Swedish styvnackad, Ancient Greek σκληροτράχηλος (sklērotrákhēlos), Russian жестоковыйный (žestokovyjnyj), German halsstarrig etc.
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