单词 | stunt |
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音标 | [stʌnt] |
解释 | v.阻碍(成长);n.特技,绝技 |
红宝书 | 【英】 v.阻碍(成长) (to hinder the normal growth);n.特技,绝技(an unusual or difficult feat requiring great skill) 【考】 obstruct : progress / stunt : growth(阻碍发展/阻碍成长) 【例】 A harsh climate stunted the trees. |
字源 | stunt (v.) "check in growth, dwarf," 1650s, from verb uses of Middle English adjective stunnt "foolish," from Old English stunt "short-witted, foolish" (as in stuntspræc "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (source of Old Norse stuttr "short"). Related: Stunted; stunting. stunt (n.) "feat to attract attention," 1878, American English college sports slang, of uncertain origin. Speculated to be a variant of colloquial stump "dare, challenge" (1871), or of German stunde, literally "hour." The movie stunt man is attested from 1930. |
不择手段背单词 | v. /n. 阻碍...的生长或发展; 特技; 花招 【记】stunt就是使人stand. 【类】obstruct: progress = stunt: growth阻碍发展 = 阻碍成长 【反】nurture(v /n 养育) |
趣味全助记 | 【记】近于stint 紧缩节省;音:挡他,阻挡(他的发育),挡着阻碍,但是他一个空翻翻了过去,真是惊人特技;stuned 惊人的,特技是惊人的; |
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