stall
- IPA[stôl]
美式
- a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area；an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides.
- (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine；(of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls.
verb: stall, 3rd person present: stalls, gerund or present participle: stalling, past tense: stalled, past participle: stalled
noun: stall, plural noun: stalls
- 釋義
名詞
- 1. a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area fruit and vegetable stalls 同義詞
- 2. an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides. 同義詞
- ▪ a stable.
- ▪ North American a marked-out parking space for a vehicle a parking stall
- ▪ a compartment for one person in a shower room, restroom, or similar facility.
- 3. a fixed seat in the choir or chancel of a church, more or less enclosed at the back and sides and often canopied, typically reserved for a particular member of the clergy.
- 4. British the seats on the ground floor in a theater a stalls seat 同義詞
- 5. an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control
動詞
- 1. (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine her car stalled at the crossroads
- ▪ (of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls.
- ▪ have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion.
- ▪ cause (an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat) to stall.
- 2. stop or cause to stop making progress his career had stalled, hers taken off years of hurdles and permit applications have stalled the much-needed renovations 同義詞
- ▪ speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with a question or issue; prevaricate she was stalling for time 同義詞
- ▪ delay or divert (someone) by stalling stall him until I've had time to take a look 同義詞
- 3. put or keep (an animal) in a stall, especially in order to fatten it the horses were stalled at Upper Bolney Farm
