stall

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n. 厩, 停车处, 牧师职位, 货摊, 托辞, 拖延 vt. 关入厩, 停顿, 推托, 支吾, 使陷于泥中 vi. 被关在厩内, 陷于泥中, 停止, 支吾

发音

UK /stɔːl/
其它 /stɑl/
US /stɔl/

词形变化

stalls 复数 stalls 三单 stalling 现在分词 stalled 过去式 stalled 过去分词

释义与例句

n. B2 Oxf 5000
  1. 1.

    A compartment for a single animal in a stable or cattle shed.

    牲畜棚

    马厩

    牛棚

    可数
  2. 2.

    A stable; a place for cattle.

  3. 3.

    A sheath to protect the finger.

  4. 4.

    The space left by excavation between pillars.

    商务 采矿
  5. 5.

    A parking stall; a space for a vehicle in a parking lot or parkade.

  6. 6.

    A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale.

    摊位

    摊子

    摊档

    摊囝

    摊仔

    担仔

  7. 7.

    A small open-fronted shop, for example in a market, food court, etc.

    货摊

    地摊

    摊位

    可数
  8. 8.

    A small partitioned space or roomlet used for a shower or a toilet.

    卫生间

    淋浴间

  9. 9.

    A seat in a theatre close to and (about) level with the stage; traditionally, a seat with arms, or otherwise partly enclosed, as distinguished from the benches, sofas, etc.

    正厅前座

    正座

    可数
  10. 10.

    An Heathen altar, typically an indoor one, as contrasted with a more substantial outdoor harrow.

    宗教
  11. 11.

    A seat in a church, especially one next to the chancel or choir, reserved for church officials and dignitaries.

  12. 12.

    A church office that entitles the incumbent to the use of a church stall.

    1910 [1840], Alexandre Dumas, père, translator not mentioned, Celebrated Crimes: Urbain Grandier, P. F. Collier edition, When he had been some months installed there as a priest-in-charge, he received a prebendal stall, thanks to the same patrons, in the collegiate church of Sainte-Croix.

  13. 1.

    An action that is intended to cause, or actually causes, delay.

    His encounters with security, reception, the secretary, and the assistant were all stalls until the general manager's attorney arrived.

  14. 2.

    Loss of lift due to an airfoil's critical angle of attack being exceeded, normally occurring due to low airspeed.

    失速

    上升失速

    航空 商务 工程
v.
  1. 1.

    To put (an animal, etc.) in a stall.

    及物

    to stall an ox

  2. 2.

    To fatten.

    to stall cattle

  3. 3.

    To live in, or as if in, a stall; to dwell.

    废旧
  4. 4.

    To place in an office with the customary formalities; to install.

  5. 5.

    To keep close; to keep secret.

  6. 6.

    To forestall; to anticipate.

  7. 1.

    To employ delaying tactics against.

    拖住

    及物

    He stalled the creditors as long as he could.

  8. 2.

    To employ delaying tactics; to stall for time.

    拖延

    拖延时间

    不及物

    Soon it became clear that she was stalling to give him time to get away.

  9. 3.

    To come to a standstill.

    熄火

    抛锚

    死火

    不及物
  10. 4.

    To cause to stop making progress; to hinder; to slow down; to delay or forestall.

    及物
  11. 5.

    To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on; to set; to fix.

    to stall a cart

  12. 6.

    To cause the engine of a manual-transmission car or truck to stop by going too slowly for the selected gear.

    及物 汽车 交通
  13. 7.

    To be stuck, as in mire or snow; to stick fast.

    废旧
  14. 8.

    To exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

    失速

    不及物 航空 商务 工程
  15. 9.

    To cause to exceed the critical angle of attack, resulting in loss of lift.

    及物 航空 商务 工程

    The pilot stalled the plane by pulling the nose up too high at a slow airspeed.

  16. 10.

    To stop suddenly.

    不及物
  17. 11.

    To be tired of eating, as cattle.

    废旧

词汇关系

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词源

From Middle English stall, stalle, from Old English steall (“standing place, position”), from Proto-Germanic *stallaz, from Proto-Indo-European *stel- (“to place, put, post, stand”). Cognate with French étal, Italian stallo, German Stall, Swedish stall.

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