英语单词 | stall |
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英美音标 | 英 [stɔːl] 美 [stɔːl] |
中文释义 | n.栅栏;小隔间;货摊;座位 v.把...关进畜舍里;失速;熄火;拖延;(使)动弹不得 |
英语例句 | (1) The excited horse flung about in the stall. (2) Our house has a shower stall. (3) Never buy food from a market stall. (4) The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat. (5) My seat number is Row 7, Number 10 in the stall. (6) You'd better stall the pigs. (7) The plane stalled suddenly. (8) If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall. (9) Every time I ask her to set the date she stalls. (10) Stop stalling and give me an answer. (11) An inexperienced pilot can easily stall his plane. |
中文例句 | (1) 受惊的马在马厩里乱冲乱踢。 (2) 我们房子里有淋浴小隔间。 (3) 千万别在小摊上买食物。 (4) 开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。 (5) 我的座号是正厅7排10号。 (6) 你最好把猪关在猪圈里饲养。 (7) 那飞机突然失控下降。 (8) 要是刚一发动就用最高挡,那就会熄火。 (9) 我每次请她定一个时间,她总是借故拖延。 (10) 别支支吾吾的了,快回答我的问题。 (11) 没有经验的飞行员很容易使他的飞机失速。 |
vocabulary简明 | Stall means to stop or delay. If your car stalls, it comes to a stop. When you want a horse to stop, you put him in a stall, or small enclosure inside a barn. |
vocabulary扩展 | The word stall implies stopping something that will start again — a horse will leave the stall eventually and start moving, a stalled car can be restarted. Remember that when you're thinking about stall in the sense of postpone or delay. You can stall your professor from giving an exam by talking about last night’s big game. Your little sister can stall going to bed by asking for one more story. If you want to delay an approaching army, you might steal their boots — they'll still come but the "stall tactic" will buy you time. |
柯林斯解释 | 1 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)(进程)暂停;(使)推后 If a process stalls, or if someone or something stalls it, the process stops but may continue at a later time. [V n] [V] [V-ed]
2 [VERB 动词]拖延 If you stall, you try to avoid doing something until later. [V] [V
3 [VERB 动词]暂时阻止;把…拖住 If you stall someone, you prevent them from doing something until a later time. [V n]
4 [V-ERG 及物/不及物动词](使)突然熄火 If a vehicle stalls or if you accidentally stall it, the engine stops suddenly. [V] [V n]
5 [N-COUNT 可数名词]货摊;摊位;咨询台 A stall is a large table on which you put goods that you want to sell, or information that you want to give people.
6 [N-PLURAL 复数名词](戏院、音乐厅的)正厅前排座位 The stalls in a theatre or concert hall are the seats on the ground floor directly in front of the stage. [ [mainly BRIT 主英] in AM, use 美国英语用 orchestra 7 [N-COUNT 可数名词](淋浴间等房间里的)小分隔间 A stall is a small enclosed area in a room which is used for a particular purpose, for example a shower. [AM 美] in BRIT, usually use 英国英语通常用 cubicle |
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