- stickler (for something)
a person who thinks that a particular quality or type of behaviour is very important and expects other people to think and behave in the same way 非常看重(某品质或行为)的人 a stickler for punctuality 非常注重守时的人
Word Originmid 16th cent. (in the sense ‘umpire’): from obsolete stickle ‘be umpire’, alteration of obsolete stightle ‘to control’, frequentative of Old English stiht(i)an ‘set in order’.