Stub

(noun.) the part of a check that is retained as a record.

(noun.) a torn part of a ticket returned to the holder as a receipt.

(noun.) a short piece remaining on a trunk or stem where a branch is lost.

(verb.) strike (one's toe) accidentally against an object; 'She stubbed her toe in the dark and now it's broken'.

(verb.) clear of weeds by uprooting them; 'stub a field'.

(verb.) extinguish by crushing; 'stub out your cigarette now'.

(verb.) pull up (weeds) by their roots.

录入:露西

• I am a connoisseur, said he, taking another cigarette from the box--his fourth--and lighting it from the stub of that which he had finished. 阿瑟·柯南·道尔. 福尔摩斯归来记.
• You cannot throw an old cigar stub down anywhere, but some vagabond will pounce upon it on the instant. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• One of these stub-hunters followed us all over the park last night, and we never had a smoke that was worth anything. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• We were always moved to appease him with the stub before the cigar was half gone, because he looked so viciously anxious. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.
• Now, they surely must chew up those old stubs, and dry and sell them for smoking-tobacco. 马克·吐温. 傻子出国记.

编辑:拉维恩