stall [動詞] 把...關入畜捨;使拋錨;支吾;拖延; [名詞] 廄;攤位;(汽車的)拋錨
stall
[stɔ:l]
n.柵欄, 小隔間, 貨攤, 座位
v.把...關進畜捨裡, 失速, 熄火, 拖延, (使)動彈不得
n. 拖延, 託詞
v. 延誤, 拖延
例句與用法:
If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall.
要是剛一發動就用最高擋,那就會熄火。
The car has an inclination to stall on cold mornings.
這輛汽車天冷時早晨常常熄火。
The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.
開設市場攤位受市政法令管制。
The plane stalled suddenly.
那飛機突然失控下降。
Every time I ask her to set the date she stalls.
我每次請她定一個時間,她總是藉故拖延。
Never buy food from a market stall.
千萬別在小攤上買食物。
詞形變化:
動詞過去式: stalled | 動詞過去分詞: stalled | 動詞現在分詞: stalling | 動詞第三人稱單數: stalls |
英文解釋:
名詞 stall:
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
small area set off by walls for special use
a booth where articles are displayed for sale
同義詞:stand, sales booth
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater
small individual study area in a library
a tactic used to mislead or delay
同義詞:stalling
動詞 stall:
postpone doing what one should be doing
同義詞:procrastinate, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally
come to a stop
同義詞:conk
deliberately delay an event or action
put into, or keep in, a stall
experience a stall in flight, of airplanes
cause an airplane to go into a stall
cause an engine to stop
以上來源於大辭典