1
- a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area（市场等的）货摊, 摊位：
fruit and vegetable stalls.
水果蔬菜摊。
2
- an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or cowshed, enclosed on three sides牲畜棚里的隔间, 隔栏。
2.1
- a stable or cowshed马厩; 牛棚。
2.2
- N. Amer. a marked-out parking space for a vehicle〈北美〉（机动车停车场的）车位。
2.3
- （亦作starting stall）a cage-like compartment in which a horse is held immediately prior to the start of a race（赛马开始前各马站位的）单间马房。
2.4
- a compartment for one person in a shower room, toilet, or similar（浴室、卫生间等的）小分隔间。
3
- a fixed seat in the choir or chancel of a church, more or less enclosed at the back and sides and often canopied, typically reserved for a particular member of the clergy（教堂唱诗班席位或高坛上的）牧师专座（座位后面和侧面多少会有些围栏, 顶上常有罩盖）。
4
stalls
Brit. the seats on the ground floor in a theatre〈英〉（剧院, 电影院）堂座。
5
- an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling（发动机的）熄火; （车辆的）抛锚; （飞机的）失速; （轮船的）停泊：
speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control.
必须保持速度来防止熄火和失控。
1
- no obj.(of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine（尤指因引擎超负荷而导致机动车或其引擎）熄火, 抛锚：
her car stalled at the crossroads.
她的汽车在十字路口熄火了。
1.1
- (of an aircraft or its pilot) stop flying and begin to fall because the speed is too low or the angle of attack too large to maintain adequate lift（飞机或其飞行员航速过低或攻角过大不能保持升力时）失速。
1.2
- Sailing have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion【航海】（由于风力不够而）航行失控。
1.3
- with obj. cause (an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat) to stall使（引擎）熄火; 使（车辆）抛锚; 使（飞机）失速; 使（船只）航行失控。
2
- no obj.(of a situation or process) stop making progress（情形, 过程）停止发展：
his career had stalled, hers taken off.
他的事业停滞不前, 她的事业却开始起飞。
2.1
- with obj. delay, obstruct, or block the progress of (something)使延迟; 阻塞, 阻挡：
the government has stalled the much-needed project.
政府推迟了那个急需的项目。
2.2
- speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with a question or issue; prevaricate（为争取更多的时间而）拖延; 支吾, 搪塞：
she was stalling for time.
她在拖延时间。
2.3
- with obj. delay or divert (someone) by acting in such a way拖延; 把…的注意力引开：
stall him until I've had time to take a look.
拖住他, 直到我有时间来看一看。
3
- with obj. put or keep (an animal) in a stall, especially in order to fatten it把（牲畜）关在厩内（养肥）。
短语
set out one's stall
- Brit. make one's position on an issue very clear〈英〉明确表示对某个问题的立场。
词源
Old English steall 'stable or cattle shed', of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stal, also to STAND. Early senses of the verb included 'reside, dwell and bring to a halt'.