stiffness
英['stɪfnɪs]
美['stɪfnɪs]
- n. 僵硬；坚硬；不自然；顽固
英英释意
- 1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
- 2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty;
- "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
- 3. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
- 4. excessive sternness;
- "severity of character"
- "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
- "the rigors of boot camp"