stag·nant
adjective/ˈstæɡnənt/
/ˈstæɡnənt/
- stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells unpleasant
（水或空气）不流动而污浊的 - Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
很少有鱼能在死水湖中生存。
- Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
- not developing, growing or changing
停滞的；不发展的；无变化的 - a stagnant economy
停滞的经济 - a stagnant population
人口停滞 - The housing market has been largely stagnant over the past few months.
过去几个月，房地产市场基本停滞。
- a stagnant economy
Word Originmid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool’.