sty

sty1
(pl. -ies)
  1. a pigsty
    猪圈,猪栏,猪棚
(-ies,-ied)
  1. [with obj.](archaic)keep (a pig) in a sty
    (古)把(猪)关在猪圈里
    the most beggarly place that ever pigs were stied in.
    最差的曾经圈过猪的地方。
语源
  1. Old English sti- (in stīfearh 'sty pig'), probably identical with stig 'hall' (see steward), of Germanic origin

sty2
(亦作stye)
(pl. stiesstyes)
  1. an inflamed swelling on the edge of an eyelid, caused by bacterial infection of the gland at the base of an eyelash
    睑腺炎,麦粒肿
语源
  1. early 17th cent.: from dialect styany, from styan (from Old English stīgend 'riser') + eye
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