[医] 强直, 僵硬

1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend

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2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty

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he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck

3. firm resoluteness in purpose or opinion or action

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a charming host without any touch of stiffness or pomposity

4. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)

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5. excessive sternness

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severity of character
the harshness of his punishment was inhuman
the rigors of boot camp