stern

sert, otoriter

Özellikle başkalarının davranışları konusunda çok ciddi ve kuralcı olan.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Very serious and strict, especially when telling people how they must behave.

• Our teacher is stern.
• She gave the children a stern warning.
• His father spoke in a stern voice when he broke the rules.

Nasıl kullanılır: stern with someone (The teacher was stern with students who arrived late.)

Eş anlamlılar: strict, severe, firm

Zıt anlamlılar: lenient, gentle

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: stern teacher, stern warning, stern voice, stern look

asık suratlı, sert

İnsanların yaklaşmaya çekinebileceği kadar ciddi veya soğuk görünen.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: Looking very serious or unfriendly, so that people may feel afraid to approach.

• His face looked stern.
• Her stern expression softened when she saw the baby.
• The portrait showed a man with stern features and dark eyes.

Eş anlamlılar: grim, forbidding, severe

Zıt anlamlılar: friendly, welcoming

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: stern face, stern expression, stern features

kıç

Bir teknenin veya geminin arka bölümü.

Basit İngilizce açıklama: The back part of a boat or ship.

• She stood at the stern.
• Water splashed over the stern of our boat.
• Both ships had wooden sterns.

Nasıl kullanılır: stern of something (A flag flew at the stern of the boat.)

Eş anlamlılar: aft, poop

Zıt anlamlılar: bow

Sık kullanılan kalıplar: the stern, at the stern, stern of something