Old English stybb "stump of a tree," from Proto-Germanic *stubjaz (cognates: Middle Dutch stubbe, Old Norse stubbr), from PIE root *(s)teu- (1) "to push, stick, knock, beat" (see steep (adj.)). Extended 14c. to other short, thick, protruding things. Meaning "remaining part of something partially consumed" is from 1520s.
stub (v.)
mid-15c., "dig up stumps, dig up by the roots," from stub (n.). The sens of "strike (one's toe) against" something projecting from a surface is first recorded 1848. Meaning "to extinguish a cigarette" is from 1927. Related: Stubbed; stubbing.
实用例句
1. Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes.
入口处的告示牌提醒游客们熄灭香烟。
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2. He paused to stub out the butt of his cigar.
他停下来，踩灭了手中的烟头。
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3. He pulled the stub of a pencil from behind his ear.
他从耳后拿出一小段铅笔头。
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4. I can't write with this pencil stub.
我无法用这根铅笔头写字.
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5. She would sit there drawing with the pencil stub.
