n. 1.畜舍的一个隔栏;马房,牛棚。 2.(房舍内的)分隔小间;〔美国〕汽车间。 3.售货摊;棚店;售品陈列台。 4.〔英国〕〔常 pl.〕(戏院楼下)正厅前座(观众)。 5.(教堂里的)牧师席;教徒们的长排坐椅。 6.【矿物】矿坑,采煤道;泥窑;敞式矿砂焙烧炉。 7.【航空】失速;失举。 8.橡皮手脚指护套。 9.小分隔间 (a shower stall 淋浴隔间)。 vt. 1.把…关进马房[牛栏];把(牲畜)关着养肥。 2.把(畜舍)分成小格。 3.〔美国〕使(马、车)陷入泥中[雪中],使进退不得,(使机车等)停顿,停止。 4.【航空】使失速。 5.〔古语〕授予(职位)。 vi. 1.住在畜舍内。 2.陷入泥中[雪中]。 3.【航空】失速;失举。 4.(发动机)发生障碍,停止,停顿。 短语和例子 a stalled ox 关着养肥了的牛。 Heavy rain stalled traffic. 大雨使交通停顿。 stall down landing 【航空】失速降落。 n. 〔美俚〕 1.口实,借口;拖延,搪塞,敷衍;欺骗办法。 2.(盗贼或扒手的)同党。 vi.,vt. 1.欺骗;逃避。 2.拖延;支吾,敷衍。 短语和例子 stall for a while 暂时拖一下。 stalling tactics 缓兵之计。 He knows how to stall off the applicants for the houses. 他很晓得怎样敷衍打发申请住房的人。
a tactic used to mislead or delay 同义词:stalling,
small area set off by walls for special use 同义词:booth, cubicle, kiosk,
small individual study area in a library 同义词:carrel, carrell, cubicle,
a booth where articles are displayed for sale 同义词:stand, sales booth,
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge; "the plane went into a stall and I couldn''t control it"
deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn''t want to write the report, so she is stalling"
come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway" 同义词:conk,
cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
cause an airplane to go into a stall
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse"
postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days" 同义词:procrastinate, drag one''s feet, drag one''s heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally,
例句与用法
1.
Stop stalling and give me an answer ! 别支支吾吾的了,快回答我的问题。
2.
The car stalled at the roundabout . 那辆汽车在环形交叉处抛锚了。
3.
"i wish you hadn't asked me," she stalled . "真希望你没问过我,"她支吾说。
4.
Most of the shops were street stalls . 大部分摊床是街头货摊。
5.
We could not stall a cease-fire proposal forever . 我们无法永久推迟停火建议。
6.
Domestic animals run out of their stalls . 家畜从圈中奔出。
7.
He glanced books on stalls with half an eye . 他漫不经心地瞅一眼摊子上的书本。
8.
All forward traffic had been stalled at the control . 关卡前头的汽车都停住了。
9.
Our stall must be attended to . 我们的货摊必须摆出去。
10.
They were the less restful cows that were stalled . 这些赶到棚子里的牛,都是不老实的。