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. 一根茬里藏着一只老鼠。
the 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. 他的下巴上长了两天的黑茬。
Word OriginMiddle English: from Anglo-Norman French stuble, from Latin stupla, stupula, variants of stipula ‘straw’.