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单词 stool
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Definition of stool in English:

stool

noun stuːlstul
  • 1A seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal.

    凳子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I pursed my lips and thought as I seated myself on a stool by the breakfast bar.
    • Located on three levels with seating on stools, settees and at conventional tables, the place has a modern airy atmosphere.
    • I settled back into my stool and finished the rest of my drink.
    • As I glanced around the room, I only saw a few stools and a single rusted metal couch.
    • I nodded and took a seat on the single stool behind the counter.
    • I plopped down in a stool and rested my forehead on the slightly sticky bar.
    • I was seated on a stool, outdoors, with a balmy sub-tropical skyline behind me.
    • Seated on a stool next to her mother every Friday, Germaine was expected to join in the conversation.
    • He took his seat on the stool and waited for the crowd to quieten.
    • They favored innovations such as pedestal tables, modular sofas, sleek sideboards, and shiny stools in place of chairs.
    • He followed her inside and as she turned on the lights he took off his coat and rested on a stool at the kitchen counter.
    • Finally the instructor was ready and he assumed his seat on the stool.
    • From the floor, she looked up at her father, who was seated on a wooden stool.
    • It was nothing extraordinary; only a knee-high circular table with four surrounding stools occupied the dusty, cramped space.
    • He was seated on a café stool, and on the opposite end of the table was a young woman wearing a black overcoat.
    • A teacher and an underwear salesman were already seated on stools around the upturned box that doubled as card and coffee table.
    • He sat across from his dad, Cohen, on one of the high stools and rested his head on the breakfast bar.
    • He took a seat on his stool next to the table I was kicking my feet against.
    • Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them.
    • She had been sitting on the stool for a good four hours, trying to make her creation perfect.
  • 2A piece of faeces.

    (一次)大便

    fibre in the child's diet will soften the stools
    mass noun concentrations of the substance in normal stool
    Example sentencesExamples
    • Phototherapy can give your baby loose stools, temperature problems, or dehydration.
    • Symptoms of an ulcer can include a burning pain in the stomach, chest pain, vomiting, or blood in the stools or vomit.
    • Dietary fiber increases the weight and size of your stool and softens it.
    • Roughly 5 percent of those who contract the illness become chronic carriers - excreting the typhoid bacteria in their stools for more than a year.
    • Osmotic laxatives such as lactulose are effective alternatives to soften hard stools.
    • Barium causes the first stools after the scan to be a light colour, and can also cause constipation.
    • If constipation persists despite dietary modification and increased physical activity, a stool softener given with meals can be helpful.
    • Every day we lose millions of cells from our skin, we excrete stools and urine, and we cut out hair and nails and rarely do we show any signs of wanting to keep these body elements under our control.
    • The trophozoite form can't survive once excreted in the stool and therefore can't infect others.
    • If you suspect any kind of intestinal obstruction because your child has bilious vomiting, a swollen abdomen, or bloody stools, take her to the emergency room immediately.
    • Two thirds of pancreatic cancers develop in the head of the pancreas, and most patients present with progressive, obstructive jaundice with dark urine and pale stools.
    • You need to be concerned if your child is having bowel movements much less often than is regular for him or her, or if the normal firmness of the stool changes.
    • The symptoms of food intolerance can include burping, indigestion, flatulence, loose stools, headaches, flushing, or nervousness.
    • Using a catching device can prevent contamination of the stool by water and dirt.
    • The onset of these symptoms coincided with an upper respiratory infection with cough, minimal sputum, nausea, anorexia, and multiple loose stools.
    • Diarrhoea often occurs in the absence of recognised pathogens in the stool, and metronidazole has relieved symptoms in some cases.
    • She detailed the jaundice, light stools and lack of weight gain.
    • And continued loss of small amounts of blood in the stool can lead to anemia.
    • More than 80 percent of acute anal fissures will heal spontaneously with the use of dietary fiber to soften and bulk the stool.
    • Although blood in the stool suggests invasive disease, fever is not a sensitive indicator of dysentery.
  • 3A root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring.

    (生长新芽的)根株,根孽,母株

  • 4US A decoy bird in hunting.

    〈美〉(用来诱捕鸟的)囮子

verb stuːlstul
[no object]
  • 1(of a plant) throw up shoots from the root.

    (植物)从根株长出新苗

    1. 1.1with object Cut back (a plant) to or near ground level in order to induce new growth.
      (为了长出新芽)从靠近地面处砍断(植物)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After another display next winter, they should be stooled - cut right back to within 150 mm of the base.

Phrases

  • at stool

    • When defecating.

      〔医〕排便时

      it may be induced by a hard bowel movement or straining at stool
      Example sentencesExamples
      • The sort of stresses that induce these changes include blowing against a resistance, lifting heavy objects, and straining at stool.
      • Do not let patients confuse normal defecation with straining at stool.
      • Along with the excruciatingly tight pain of immersing newly-scabbed knees in the bath, the most striking physical memory of that time is of straining at stool in the top bathroom.
      • To ensure continuing relief after surgery, one must avoid constipation and straining at stool.
      • It may be induced by a hard bowel movement or straining at stool.
  • fall between two stools

    • Fail to be or take one of two satisfactory alternatives.

      〈英〉两头落空

      the work fell between two stools, being neither genuinely popular nor truly scholarly
      Example sentencesExamples
      • We seem to fall between two stools because the modern premises that we would like to move into are far too expensive and the older mill buildings tend to have water gushing in through the roof.
      • In certain instances, this is the book's weakness in that it falls between two stools, being truly neither one nor the other.
      • The play falls between two stools; social commentary and outright melodrama and does not sit happily on either.
      • This car falls between two stools for me: it's not a proper sports car or a proper family car and for this money you could afford to get a nice one of each and probably have money left over for a nice motorbike too.
      • Ill-defined, the show falls between two stools.
      • For some critics, the romanzo-saggio falls between two stools: it is neither exacting philosophy nor complex fiction.
      • Talking about his book during a recent visit to Chennai, the author suggested it ran the risk of falling between two stools since cricket fans may think it had too much history and historians may feel it has too much cricket.
      • I felt that the game fell between two stools in that it was supposed to be scary yet it presented itself as an extremely tacky 1950s horror film.
      • Endeavouring to answer the needs of a severely underfed local academic discourse, yet at the same time attempting to provide an introduction to a broader audience, it sometimes falls between two stools.
      • It is not uncommon to see such works falling between two stools: they are political statements, yet because they are works of art their political message is thought to be exempt from rigorous examination.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, also to stand. Current senses of the verb date from the late 18th century.

  • In Anglo-Saxon times a stool was any kind of seat for one person, and in particular a throne. Among the other types of seat it came to refer to was one enclosing a chamber pot, and so a privy or lavatory. Then the word was transferred to the act of going to the toilet itself, which is how it ended up as a term for faeces. The Groom of the Stool was formerly a high officer of the royal household, in medieval times responsible for the royal commode or privy. To fall between two stools is to fail to take either of two satisfactory alternatives. This comes from the old proverb between two stools one falls to the ground, which was first referred to in English by the medieval writer John Gower around 1390: ‘Thou farest as he between two stools That would sit and goes to ground.’ The first stool pigeon (late 19th century) is often said to have been a pigeon fixed to a stool as a decoy for wildfowl, but in reality it probably had nothing to do with a small chair. It is more likely to come from the old term stale, from Old French estale, applied to a pigeon used to entice a hawk into a net. It came to be applied to a person employed by gamblers or criminals as a decoy, and later (on the other side of the law) to a police informer. See also nark

Rhymes

Banjul, befool, Boole, boule, boules, boulle, cagoule, cool, drool, fool, ghoul, Joule, mewl, misrule, mule, O'Toole, pool, Poole, pul, pule, Raoul, rule, school, shul, sool, spool, Stamboul, Thule, tomfool, tulle, you'll, yule

Definition of stool in US English:

stool

nounsto͞olstul
  • 1A seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal.

    凳子

    Example sentencesExamples
    • I settled back into my stool and finished the rest of my drink.
    • He followed her inside and as she turned on the lights he took off his coat and rested on a stool at the kitchen counter.
    • She had been sitting on the stool for a good four hours, trying to make her creation perfect.
    • He took a seat on his stool next to the table I was kicking my feet against.
    • A teacher and an underwear salesman were already seated on stools around the upturned box that doubled as card and coffee table.
    • I was seated on a stool, outdoors, with a balmy sub-tropical skyline behind me.
    • Benches are more flexible than stools or individual seats because you can squeeze in more people along them.
    • He sat across from his dad, Cohen, on one of the high stools and rested his head on the breakfast bar.
    • He took his seat on the stool and waited for the crowd to quieten.
    • Located on three levels with seating on stools, settees and at conventional tables, the place has a modern airy atmosphere.
    • I nodded and took a seat on the single stool behind the counter.
    • I pursed my lips and thought as I seated myself on a stool by the breakfast bar.
    • It was nothing extraordinary; only a knee-high circular table with four surrounding stools occupied the dusty, cramped space.
    • He was seated on a café stool, and on the opposite end of the table was a young woman wearing a black overcoat.
    • Finally the instructor was ready and he assumed his seat on the stool.
    • As I glanced around the room, I only saw a few stools and a single rusted metal couch.
    • They favored innovations such as pedestal tables, modular sofas, sleek sideboards, and shiny stools in place of chairs.
    • From the floor, she looked up at her father, who was seated on a wooden stool.
    • Seated on a stool next to her mother every Friday, Germaine was expected to join in the conversation.
    • I plopped down in a stool and rested my forehead on the slightly sticky bar.
  • 2A piece of feces.

    (一次)大便

    Example sentencesExamples
    • You need to be concerned if your child is having bowel movements much less often than is regular for him or her, or if the normal firmness of the stool changes.
    • The symptoms of food intolerance can include burping, indigestion, flatulence, loose stools, headaches, flushing, or nervousness.
    • Although blood in the stool suggests invasive disease, fever is not a sensitive indicator of dysentery.
    • If constipation persists despite dietary modification and increased physical activity, a stool softener given with meals can be helpful.
    • The trophozoite form can't survive once excreted in the stool and therefore can't infect others.
    • Diarrhoea often occurs in the absence of recognised pathogens in the stool, and metronidazole has relieved symptoms in some cases.
    • The onset of these symptoms coincided with an upper respiratory infection with cough, minimal sputum, nausea, anorexia, and multiple loose stools.
    • Symptoms of an ulcer can include a burning pain in the stomach, chest pain, vomiting, or blood in the stools or vomit.
    • If you suspect any kind of intestinal obstruction because your child has bilious vomiting, a swollen abdomen, or bloody stools, take her to the emergency room immediately.
    • Barium causes the first stools after the scan to be a light colour, and can also cause constipation.
    • And continued loss of small amounts of blood in the stool can lead to anemia.
    • Osmotic laxatives such as lactulose are effective alternatives to soften hard stools.
    • Using a catching device can prevent contamination of the stool by water and dirt.
    • Dietary fiber increases the weight and size of your stool and softens it.
    • Roughly 5 percent of those who contract the illness become chronic carriers - excreting the typhoid bacteria in their stools for more than a year.
    • Two thirds of pancreatic cancers develop in the head of the pancreas, and most patients present with progressive, obstructive jaundice with dark urine and pale stools.
    • Every day we lose millions of cells from our skin, we excrete stools and urine, and we cut out hair and nails and rarely do we show any signs of wanting to keep these body elements under our control.
    • Phototherapy can give your baby loose stools, temperature problems, or dehydration.
    • She detailed the jaundice, light stools and lack of weight gain.
    • More than 80 percent of acute anal fissures will heal spontaneously with the use of dietary fiber to soften and bulk the stool.
  • 3A root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring.

    (生长新芽的)根株,根孽,母株

  • 4US A decoy bird in hunting.

    〈美〉(用来诱捕鸟的)囮子

verbsto͞olstul
[no object]
  • 1(of a plant) throw up shoots from the root.

    (植物)从根株长出新苗

    1. 1.1with object Cut back (a plant) to or near ground level in order to induce new growth.
      (为了长出新芽)从靠近地面处砍断(植物)
      Example sentencesExamples
      • After another display next winter, they should be stooled - cut right back to within 150 mm of the base.

Phrases

  • at stool

    • When defecating.

      〔医〕排便时

      Example sentencesExamples
      • To ensure continuing relief after surgery, one must avoid constipation and straining at stool.
      • Do not let patients confuse normal defecation with straining at stool.
      • Along with the excruciatingly tight pain of immersing newly-scabbed knees in the bath, the most striking physical memory of that time is of straining at stool in the top bathroom.
      • It may be induced by a hard bowel movement or straining at stool.
      • The sort of stresses that induce these changes include blowing against a resistance, lifting heavy objects, and straining at stool.

Origin

Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, also to stand. Current senses of the verb date from the late 18th century.

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