stall的意思

基本释义

• n 货摊；畜栏；托辞

  a table or a small shop with an open front, especially outdoors, where goods are sold

• v 停止，停转；拖延

  if an engine or vehicle stalls, or if you stall it, it stops because there is not enough power or speed to keep it going

例句

1. a market stall

   市场摊位

2. Quit stalling!

   不要拖延时间!

3. Stop stalling and answer my question!

   别支支吾吾的,快回答我的问题!

4. The car engine may stall as we go up the hill.

   爬山时,汽车发动机可能发生故障。

5. The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed onto the run-way.

   飞机刚起飞就发生了故障而失去控制,坠毁在跑道上。

短语

• market stall 街市档位

近义词

英英释义

noun 1. a tactic used to mislead or delay Synonym: stalling 2. small area set off by walls for special use Synonym: boothcubiclekiosk 3. small individual study area in a library Synonym: carrelcarrellcubicle 4. a booth where articles are displayed for sale Synonym: standsales booth 5. a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed 6. seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater 7. a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge e.g. the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it stall verb 1. deliberately delay an event or action e.g. she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling 2. come to a stop e.g. The car stalled in the driveway Synonym: conk 3. cause an engine to stop e.g. The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car 4. cause an airplane to go into a stall 5. experience a stall in flight, of airplanes 6. put into, or keep in, a stall e.g. Stall the horse 7. postpone doing what one should be doing e.g. He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days Synonym: procrastinatedrag one's feetdrag one's heelsshillyshallydilly-dallydillydally

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