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相同处：两词都有名词词性，意思上都指东西
不同处：stuff还有动词词性，是填、塞、装入、堵住的意思。
stuff侧重指材料、原料，thing侧重指物件、事物、事件、情况、局面
事态等，范围比较广。
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thing是指一件事 stuff是指一个东西
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21世纪大英汉词典
stuff [stʌf] n.
1. 材料，物料
2. 原料
3. 填料，塞料
4. [主英国英语]料子，(尤指)毛料，呢料
5. 东西，物品；物质
6. 食物；饮料；药品
7. 本质，素质，特质
8. 品质，德性
9. [口语]专长，特长 b (某种)言行)
10. 货色；资财，家产；行李；装备
11. 无用之物，废物；无价值的事物(或作品等)
12. 无用(或愚蠢)的想法；废话，蠢话
13. [口语](新闻、文学、美术、话剧、音乐创作等的)内容
14. [口语]能力，本事；才能
15. (造纸的)纸浆，浆料，纸料
16. (发射出的)炮弹；枪弹
17. [俚语][the stuff]钱,钞票
18. [俚语]大麻，毒品，(尤指)海洛因；会令人上瘾的药；麻醉药
19. [美国俚语]赃物；走私货(尤指酒)
20. [美国口语]
【保龄球】(球的)旋转，滚动曲线
【棒球】(投手使球旋转的)制球能力；控制的球速
【篮球】塞篮,扣篮(＝stuff shot)
21. [废语](军队的)辎重；(士兵的)行装
vt.
1. 把…装进，把…填进，把…塞进(常与 in， into 连用)：
to stuff the cheque for ￡100 into one"s pocket把100镑的支票装进口袋
There are too many people stuffed in his car.
他的车里挤满了人。
2. 把…装满，填装，灌装；把…塞满：
to stuff the handbag with cosmetics
往手袋里装了许多化妆品
His mouth was stuffed with food.
他的嘴里被食物塞得满满的。
3. 塞住，堵住；阻塞(常与 up 连用)：
to stuff the opening of the cave with earth and stone
用石块和泥土堵死山洞口
He stuffed up his ears with earplugs before diving.
潜水前他用耳塞堵住了他的耳朵。
4. 喂饱，填喂；使饱食：
Having been stuffed, the milk cows were crouching down on the ground.
喂饱之后，奶牛都蹲卧在地上了。
Our greatest enjoyment now is to stuff ourselves.
现在我们最大的享乐就是吃饱肚子。
5. 【烹饪】给…填馅；把作料(或填料)塞入(鸡、鸭、鱼等)
6. 填塞(鸟、动物)的皮以作标本，剥制…的标本
7. [美国英语]把假选票塞入(选票箱)：
He said that too many people stuffed the ballot boxes.
他说有极多的人投的是假选票。
8. 使充满，使充斥：
This film is stuffed with blood and murder.
这部影片中充斥着暴力和凶杀。
to be stuffed with illusions充满了幻想
9. 给(皮革)加脂
10. [口语](在比赛中)轻易击败(对手)：
You won"t able to stuff him.
你不可能一下子就把他打败。
11. [俚语]处理掉，丢掉：
You must try to stuff this car.你得设法处理掉这辆汽车。
12. [美国俚语]把赃物(或假货)卖给，诓骗；作弄：
You"re stuffing me, aren"t you?你在戏弄我，是不是?
13. 【篮球】扣(篮)，把(球)塞入篮筐
14. 【冰球】把(球或冰球)近距离射入球门
15. [禁忌语]和(女人)性交
vi.
1. 吃饱，狼吞虎咽：
Having rubbed his hands on the body, he began to stuff.
在身上蹭了蹭手后，他便开始狼吞虎咽地吃起来。
2. 【篮球】塞篮，扣篮
英英释义
stuff [stʌf]
n.
1. the tangible substance that goes into the makeup of a physical object
wheat is the stuff they use to make bread
2. miscellaneous unspecified objects
the trunk was full of stuff
3. informal terms for personal possessions
4. senseless talk
don"t give me that stuff
5. unspecified qualities required to do or be something
the stuff of heros you don"t have the stuff to be a United States Marine
6. information in some unspecified form
it was stuff I had heard before there"s good stuff in that book
7. a critically important or characteristic component
suspense is the very stuff of narrative
v.
1. fill completely
The child stuffed his pockets with candy
2. press or force
3. obstruct
My nose is all stuffed
4. overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself
She stuffed herself at the dinner
5. treat with grease, fill, and prepare for mounting
stuff a bearskin
6. fill tightly with a material
stuff a pillow with feathers The old lady wants to have her dead poodle stuffed by the taxidermist
7. fill with a stuffing while cooking
Have you stuffed the turkey yet?
thing
thing1 [θiŋ]
n.
1. 物，东西，物件；事物
2. [常作复数]事件；事情
3. [常作复数]局面；情况；形势
4. 事业；行动；举动
5. 目的；目标
6. 成就，成果，成绩
7. [复数](个人的)所有物；用品；衣服
8. [复数](用于某种目的的)用具，物品
9. 人；家伙；东西(指人或生物，带有爱、怜悯或轻蔑等感情色彩)
10. 项目；细节；方面
11. 属性；特征
12. 陈述；想法；主题
13. [口语](争论的)论点；争端
14. [the thing]正需要的东西；最适合的东西；最流行的东西
15. [美国口语]怪癖；惧怕；病态的恐惧
16. [复数，后接形容词]文物
17. 【法律】财产
18. 【哲学】存在
19. [美国俚语]心爱物；拿手好戏；个人爱好(常与do连用)
thing2 [θiŋ; tiŋ]
n.(斯堪的纳维亚各国的)立法机构；司法机构；议会[亦作 ting]
英英释义
thing [θiŋ]
n.
1. a special situation
this thing has got to end it is a remarkable thing
2. an action
how could you do such a thing?
3. an artifact
how does this thing work?
4. an event
a funny thing happened on the way to the...
5. a statement regarded as an object
to say the same thing in other terms how can you say such a thing?
6. any attribute or quality considered as having its own existence
the thing I like about her is ...
7. a special abstraction
a thing of the spirit things of the heart
8. a vaguely specified concern
things are going well
9. an entity that is not named specifically
I couldn"t tell what the thing was
10. a special objective
the thing is to stay in bounds
11. a persistent illogical feeling of desire or aversion
he has a thing about seafood she has a thing about him
12. a separate and self-contained entity