| 释义 |
stool/stu:l/ n. & v.●n. 1 a seat without a back or arms, usu. for one person and consisting of a wooden slab on three or four legs or a single pedestal 凳子 2a = FOOTSTOOL b a low bench for kneeling on 跪凳 3 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) = FAECES 4 the root or stump of a tree or plant from which the shoots spring (可长出新芽的)根株，母株 5 US a decoy-bird in hunting [美] (用来诱捕野鸟的)囮鸽 ●v. intr. (of a plant) throw up shoots from the root (植物的根株)长新芽，分蘖 □ fall between two stools fail from vacillation between two courses etc. 两头落空 [Old English stōl from Germanic: related to STAND] |