(of a building, room, etc. 建筑物、房间等 warm in an unpleasant way and without enough fresh air 闷热的；闷人的；通风不畅的 Extra ExamplesIt gets really stuffy in here in summer. 夏天这里很热很闷。 My parents are being a bit stuffy about me living in London on my own. 我的父母对我独自一人住在伦敦有点闷。 She had always seemed so stuffy and plain. 她看上去总是那么闷闷不乐。 The room was stuffy with the smell of socks and sweat. 房间里塞满了袜子和汗水的气味。
- (informal, disapproving)
very serious, formal, boring or old-fashioned 一本正经的；古板的；无聊的；保守的 a stuffy, formal family 一本正经而又古板的一家人 plain, stuffy clothes 朴素刻板的衣服
- (especially North American English)
if you have a stuffy nose, your nose is blocked because you have a cold （鼻子）不通的，堵住的；鼻塞的