stubble
noun /ˈstʌbl/
/ˈstʌbl/
[uncountable]- the lower short, stiff part of the stems of crops such as wheat that are left in the ground after the top part has been cut and collected
（作物收割后留在地里的）茬 - There was a mouse hiding in the stubble.
有一只老鼠藏在胡茬里。
- There was a mouse hiding in the stubble.
- enlarge imagethe short, stiff hairs that grow on a man’s face when he has not shaved recently
胡子茬 - He had a two-day growth of dark stubble on his chin.
他下巴上长了两天的黑胡茬。
- He had a two-day growth of dark stubble on his chin.
词源Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French stuble, from Latin stupla, stupula, variants of stipula ‘straw’.