adj.僵硬的；adj.严格精确的；adj.思想僵化的,
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
rigid (adjective)1.
a) deficient in or devoid of flexibility - rigid price controls a rigid bar of metal
b) appearing stiff and unyielding - his face rigid with pain
2.
a) inflexibly set in opinion
b) strictly observed - adheres to a rigid schedule
3.
firmly inflexible rather than lax or indulgent - a rigid disciplinarian
4.
precise and accurate in procedure - rigid control of the manufacturing process
5.
of an airship having the outer shape maintained by a fixed framework
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
rigid (adjective)1.
not allowing for any exceptions or loosening of standards
SYNONYMS:
brassbound, cast-iron, exacting, hard-line, inflexible, rigorous, strict, stringent, uncompromisingRELATED WORDS:
close, conscientious, exact, fussy, meticulous, painstaking, punctilious, scrupulous, undeviating; adamant, adamantine, determined, dogged, firm, relentless, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, stubborn, tenacious, unbending, unflinching; immovable, implacable, unappeasable, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding; austere, demanding, flinty, grim, hard, hardened, hard-hearted, harsh, ironbound, severe, stern, toughNEAR ANTONYMS:
acquiescent, compliant, compromising, pliable, pliant, relenting, yielding; easy, easygoing, gentle, indulgent, kindly, lenient, merciful, mild, pampering, soft, spoiling, tolerant; neglectful, negligent, remiss, slipshod, sloppy, slovenly, unfussy2.
given to exacting standards of discipline and self-restraint
SYNONYMS:
austere, authoritarian, flinty, hard, harsh, heavy-handed, ramrod, rigid, rigorous, stern, strict, toughRELATED WORDS:
demanding, exacting; uncharitable, unforgiving; adamant, adamantine, callous, hardened, hard-hearted, hard-line, immovable, implacable, inflexible, merciless, ossified, pitiless, relentless, rock-ribbed, stiff, unbending, uncompromising, unrelenting, unsparing, unyielding; dour, gruff; ascetic ( ascetical), monastic, monkish; browbeating, bullying; determined, firm, resolved, single-minded, steadfast, unflinching; dogged, intractable, obstinate, relentlessNEAR ANTONYMS:
easy, easygoing, laid-back, undemanding; charitable, kind, merciful, mild, patient, soft, softhearted; accepting, compromising, yielding; responsive, willing; acquiescent, agreeable, amenable, complaisant, compliant, flexible, pliable, pliant3.
having a consistency that does not easily yield to pressure
SYNONYMS:
compact, hard, rigid, solid, stiff, unyieldingRELATED WORDS:
case-hardened, compacted, compressed, hardened, indurated, stiffened, tempered; close, dense, heavy, thick, thickset; inelastic, inflexible, ramrod, unbending; compressed, condensed; adamantine, rocklike; sturdy, substantial; impenetrable, impermeable, nonporousNEAR ANTONYMS:
loose, scattered, thin; bendable, elastic, flexible, malleable, pliable, pliant, supple; droopy, flaccid, floppy, lank, limp, slack; airy, light; permeable, porous; ultrasoft4.
incapable of or highly resistant to bending
SYNONYMS:
inflexible, rigid, stiffened, unyieldingRELATED WORDS:
inelastic; firm, hard, solid, sound, strong; brittle, crisp; compact, dense, substantial; arthritic, rheumatic; nonelastic, nonmalleableNEAR ANTONYMS:
elastic, resilient, springy, stretchy, workable; malleable, plastic; semiflexible; droopy, flabby, flaccid, mushy, semisoft, soft, squashy, squishy; lank, limber, limp, lissome ( lissom), lithe, lithesome, willowy5.
stretched with little or no give
SYNONYMS:
rigid, tense, tightRELATED WORDS:
firm, inflexible, stiff, tightened, unrelaxed, unyieldingNEAR ANTONYMS:
drooping, droopy, flaccid, floppy, hanging, lank, limp, loosened, relaxed, sagging, slackened, yielding; elastic, flexible, pliant, resilient, springy, stretchy, supple