Front | stunt |
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Pron | [stʌnt] |
Back | 【stunt】 n.惊人的技艺;引人注意的行动 In the film he jumps off a running car and performs other dangerous stunts. 在电影中他跳下正在跑动的汽车,并表演了其他危险惊人的绝技。 |
Vocab | stuntcheck the growth or development of
To stunt is to slow or hinder. Some people say that drinking coffee will stunt your growth when you're a teenager — they worry that you won't grow any taller. Poor nutrition can stunt your growth, and bad soil will do the same for a plant — a lack of moisture or nutrients will stunt the development of your lettuce or tomatoes. Another meaning of stunt is a dangerous trick, the kind performed in an action movie or by planes in an air show. The root of "check the growth" is the Old English stunt, "short witted or foolish," while the "trick" kind of stunt comes from nineteenth century American college slang. All forms of 'stunt' will appear on average once every 906 pages. stunt stunted stunting stuntedness |
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