stiffness
英 ['stɪfnɪs]
美['stɪfnɪs]
	    - n. 僵硬;坚硬;不自然;顽固
 
英英释意
- 1. the physical property of being inflexible and hard to bend
 
- 2. the property of moving with pain or difficulty;
 - "he awoke with a painful stiffness in his neck"
 
- 3. the inelegance of someone stiff and unrelaxed (as by embarrassment)
 
- 4. excessive sternness;
 - "severity of character"
 - "the harshness of his punishment was inhuman"
 - "the rigors of boot camp"