stark的意思|stark的解释-里氏词典

stark [stɑrk]

a. 僵硬的, 完全的, 刻板的, 明显的, 荒凉的, 结实的

ad. 突出地, 简直, 全然

stark

[ adv ]

completely

<adv.all>

stark mad

mouth stark open

[ adj ]

devoid of any qualifications or disguise or adornment

<adj.all>

the blunt truth

the crude facts

facing the stark reality of the deadline

severely simple

<adj.all>

a stark interior

complete or extreme

<adj.all>

stark poverty

a stark contrast

without qualification; used informally as (often pejorative) intensifiers

<adj.all>

an arrant fool

a complete coward

a consummate fool

a double-dyed villain

gross negligence

a perfect idiot

pure folly

what a sodding mess

stark staring mad

a thoroughgoing villain

utter nonsense

the unadulterated truth

providing no shelter or sustenance

<adj.all>

bare rocky hills

barren lands

the bleak treeless regions of the high Andes

the desolate surface of the moon

a stark landscape

Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), a. [Compar. {Starker} (-[~e]r);
superl. {Starkest}.] [OE. stark stiff, strong, AS. stearc;
akin to OS. starc strong, D. sterk, OHG. starc, starah, G. &
Sw. stark, Dan. st[ae]rk, Icel. sterkr, Goth. gasta['u]rknan
to become dried up, Lith. str["e]gti to stiffen, to freeze.
Cf. {Starch}, a. & n.]
1. Stiff; rigid. --Chaucer.

Whose senses all were straight benumbed and stark.
--Spenser.

His heart gan wax as stark as marble stone.
--Spenser.

Many a nobleman lies stark and stiff
Under the hoofs of vaunting enemies. --Shak.

The north is not so stark and cold. --B. Jonson.

2. Complete; absolute; full; perfect; entire. [Obs.]

Consider the stark security
The common wealth is in now. --B. Jonson.

3. Strong; vigorous; powerful.

A stark, moss-trooping Scot. --Sir W.
Scott.

Stark beer, boy, stout and strong beer. --Beau. &
Fl.

4. Severe; violent; fierce. [Obs.] ``In starke stours'' [i.
e., in fierce combats]. --Chaucer.

5. Mere; sheer; gross; entire; downright.

He pronounces the citation stark nonsense.
--Collier.

Rhetoric is very good or stark naught; there's no
medium in rhetoric. --Selden.

Stark \Stark\ (st[aum]rk), adv.
Wholly; entirely; absolutely; quite; as, stark mad. --Shak.

Held him strangled in his arms till he was stark dead.
--Fuller.

{Stark naked}, wholly naked; quite bare.

Strip your sword stark naked. --Shak.

Note: According to Professor Skeat, ``stark-naked'' is
derived from steort-naked, or start-naked, literally
tail-naked, and hence wholly naked. If this etymology
be true the preferable form is stark-naked.

Stark \Stark\, v. t.
To stiffen. [R.]

If horror have not starked your limbs. --H. Taylor.

Judge Bork's refusal to die a death of a thousand libels means they will have to explain on the Senate floor the stark contrast between their claims and his testimony.
In 1987, the market dropped 508 points in its worst day ever, a stark comeuppance for fresh-faced MBAs who expected to have it all but learned life and their six-figure incomes had limits.
The tradeoffs are stark.
Their schools, in stark contrast to the French-style lycees attended by many Algerian parents, emphasize Arabic and Islam now, though French is still widely taught.
While a yield of over 6 per cent offers some support, the contrast with RMC is stark.
Black participation in the construction trades had been "close to zero," he said. "The evidence is stark and dramatic" that blacks were excluded systematically from entering and advancing in the industry.
"The repressive measures undertaken by the Romanian government are totally unjustified and stand in stark contrast to the positive changes taking place elsewhere in Eastern Europe," he said.
"I believe the stark nature of the essay and the ambiguities within it, when coupled with a profession and public ready to talk about dying in greater detail, produced this massive national response," said Lundberg.
Rep. Kemp, a presidential aspirant, has made Star Wars a central campaign theme, and in yesterday's debate on the House floor, he outlined the issue in stark terms.
The stark contrast between the communist and non-communist nations that emerges from the data emphasizes the economic origins of the upheavals.
It is a vainglorious dream. Mr Hurd demolished the argument in a speech last week, setting out in stark terms the economic and security realities binding Britain to a European future.
This policy, euphemistically called "separate development" or "partitioning," has been proved a failure time and again by the stark demographic realities of South Africa.
The video programming marketplace of the 1990s stands in stark contrast to the 1970 marketplace that prompted the commission to adopt the fin/syn rules.
As we ambled through the stark landscape, the only sounds came from the creak of the leather saddle and the camel farting and panting.
In some cases, in fact, large majorities of voters took the same view despite stark differences in how they viewed themselves ideologically: For example, 73% of voters support banning the sale of so-called "assault" weapons and semiautomatic rifles.
The overall style is stark, direct and pared-down, notwithstanding Brecht's lyrical attempts at Marlovian rhetoric. The cast's unromantic acting supports the production's minimalism.
There is a kind of chilly perfection in the remoteness that pervades this film, from the characterizations to the stark, somber imagery.
"I don't care if a woman walks into the room raving drunk and stark naked: it's not an excuse to be raped," said Claire Kaplan, executive director of the Washington-based National Coalition Against Sexual Assault.
That ideological divide (some say it was fuelled by competitive pressures) now seems less stark than it did. This is partly because cultural differences between national investment practices are being eroded.
Nonetheless, Germany's record stands in stark contrast to Japan's.
Their plight throws the question of life's value into stark relief. In the book's central chapters Dworkin brilliantly applies these ideas to a careful account of the practical and legal questions at the heart of contemporary controversy.
But, in addition to offering the stark numbers, the administration seemed to be proposing the outline of a possible agreement Monday.
In stark contradiction to the rule-based Gatt system which he is now championing, it sought guarantees from Japan that chunks of its domestic market would be reserved for US and foreign companies. So who is the real Bill Clinton?
Awaiting them on top was a sloping granite summit with a stark, windswept landscape considered one of the most beautiful spots in the world.
The programme has shrunk to just one opera production and 12 concerts - a stark contrast to the boom years when 60 events were normal.
Poor demand from domestic institutions for this week's gilts auction is a stark reminder that the government needs foreign capital to cover its deficit.
This raises the most stark contrast in policies.
The summarised conclusion is stark and is illustrated in the accompanying chart.
They also trained their burger flippers to be cheery, a stark contrast to the dour faces found in state-run cafeterias.
At the same time, however, he has managed to cut costs and crack down on absenteeism. He makes rapid decisions - using lessons picked up in the racing pits during quick-fire vehicle repairs - in stark contrast to GM's cumbersome bureaucracy.

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