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stall1/stɔ:l/ n. & v.●n. 1a a trader's stand or booth in a market etc., or out of doors (市场或户外等的)货摊，摊位 b a compartment in a building for the sale of goods (大楼里分隔的)售货间 c a table in this on which goods are displayed 商品陈列柜台 2a a stable or cow-house 马厩；牛棚 b a compartment for one animal in this (马厩或牛棚内的)隔栏，分隔间 3a a fixed seat in the choir or chancel of a church, more or less enclosed at the back and sides and often canopied, esp. one appropriated to a clergyman (教堂里通常封闭的)牧师席 canon's stall 大教堂教士席； dean's stall 地方主教席 b the office or dignity of a canon etc. (大教堂教士等的)职位，地位 4 (usu. in pl. 通常用复数) Brit. each of a set of seats in a theatre, usu. on the ground floor [英] (剧院的)正厅前排座位 5a a compartment for one person in a shower-room, lavatory, etc. (浴室、厕所等的)分隔间 b a compartment for one horse at the start of a race (赛马开始前各匹马站位的)单间马房 6a the stalling of an engine or aircraft (发动机的)熄火；(飞机的)失速 b the condition resulting from this 熄火状态；失速状态 7 a receptacle or sheath for one object (各种用途的)护套 finger-stall 手指套 ●v. 1a intr. (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop because of an overload on the engine or an inadequate supply of fuel to it (汽车)抛锚；(发动机)熄火 b intr. (of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls (飞机或飞行员)失速 c tr. cause (an engine or vehicle or aircraft) to stall 使(发动机)熄火；使(汽车)抛锚；使(飞机)失速 2 tr.a put or keep (cattle etc.) in a stall or stalls esp. for fattening (尤指为使之增肥而)把(牛等)关在厩中 a stalled ox 一头关在棚中增肥的公牛 b furnish (a stable etc.) with stalls 把(牲畜棚等)分成隔间 3 intr. esp. US stick fast as in mud or snow [尤美]陷入泥地(或雪地等中)[Old English steall from Germanic, related to STAND: in some senses partly via Old French estal from Frankish] |