单词stick-in-the-mud
n.: 〈非正式〉老古董；守旧的人
网络: 墨守成规的；保守的人；老顽固
守旧的人；墨守成规的人:
a person who refuses to try anything new or exciting
〈非正式〉老古董,老古板;守旧的人
复数：stick-in-the-muds
n.diehardfogyfuddy-duddyreactionarystuffed shirt
We wanted a giant-screen TV, but Dad said the little one was good enough. What a stick-in-the-mud.
我们想要一台大频幕的电视机，可父亲说小的就足够了。真是个顽固不化的人。
The Stick in the Mud. This person is all business all of the time.
这类人任何时候都是工作面孔。
Any narrow mind, like a stick in the mud, goes against the tide of the times. Brave people should keep fighting with those narrow ideas.
任何井底之蛙的狭隘心态都是和时代潮流相违背的，勇敢的人们应该同这种狭隘观念作持续的斗争。
Don"t be such a stick in the mud. Just watch it with me.
别像个倔驴一样，跟我看电影。
Ginny is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
詹妮真保守，她从不想尝试新的东西。
Mary is such a stick in the mud. She never wants to try anything new.
玛丽真保守，她从不想尝试新事物。
My neighbor is a real stick-in-the-mud, and he"s only thirty-two.
我的邻居是个老古板，而且他才三十二岁。
Did you see his face when I told him he"s a stick-in-the-mud ?
我跟他说他是一个思想保守的人时，你看到他那张脸了吗？
How will metropolis elites of the modern society stick in the mud and be willing to live unromantic living?
作为现代社会中坚力量的都市精英岂能墨守陈规、甘于平淡的生活？
Hmm. Arthur. You still working with that stick in the mud?
亚瑟你还跟那个混小子一起干？