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stick·ler
/ˈstɪk(ə)lɚ/
好挑剔的人;拘泥的人
From:
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Stic·kler
n.
One
who
stickles
.
Specifically
: --
(a)
One
who
arbitrates
a
duel
;
a
sidesman
to
a
fencer
;
a
second
;
an
umpire
. [
Obs
.]
Basilius
,
the
judge
,
appointed
sticklers
and
trumpets
whom
the
others
should
obey
.
--
Sir
P
.
Sidney
.
Our
former
chiefs
,
like
sticklers
of
the
war
,
First
sought
to
inflame
the
parties
,
then
to
poise
. --
Dryden
.
(b)
One
who
pertinaciously
contends
for
some
trifling
things
,
as
a
point
of
etiquette
;
an
unreasonable
,
obstinate
contender
;
as
,
a
stickler
for
ceremony
.
The
Tory
or
High-church
were
the
greatest
sticklers
against
the
exorbitant
proceedings
of
King
James
II
.
--
Swift
.
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From:
WordNet (r) 2.0
stickler
n
:
someone
who
insists
on
something
; "
a
stickler
for
promptness
"
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