shtick

• n. 滑稽场面；妙语；特色

1. (Yiddish) a little; a piece;

"give him a shtik cake"

"he's a shtik crazy"

"he played a shtik Beethoven"

2. (Yiddish) a contrived and often used bit of business that a performer uses to steal attention;

"play it straight with no shtik"

3. (Yiddish) a prank or piece of clowning;

"his shtik made us laugh"

4. (Yiddish) a devious trick; a bit of cheating;

"how did you ever fall for a shtik like that?"

Shtick owned the Davis Cup for Germany, but announced his retirement in 1997, aged 28.

史提克为德国赢得了戴维斯林杯, 但在1997年宣布退役, 时年28岁.

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来自依地语 shtik,花招，把戏，表演，字面意思为一块，一片，来自中古高地德语 stucke,一 块，一片，词源同 stock,储存，存货。引申词义精彩表现，妙语，特色等。

1. Shtick owned the Davis Cup for Germany, but announced his retirement in 1997, aged 28.

史提克为德国赢得了戴维斯林杯, 但在1997年宣布退役, 时年28岁.

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shtick (n.)

also schtick, 1959, from Yiddish shtik "an act, gimmick," literally "a piece, slice," from Middle High German stücke "piece, play," from Old High German stucki (see stock (n.1)).