stall

英 [stɔːl] 美 [stɔːl]

• n. 栅栏；小隔间；货摊；座位
• v. 把...关进畜舍里；失速；熄火；拖延；（使）动弹不得

双解释义

v. (动词)

1. vt. & vi. 拖延

   delay

2. vt. & vi. 停顿; 阻塞

   stop through lack of power or speed

详尽释义

n. 名词

1. 拖延
2. 熄火，抛锚
3. 失速
4. 牛棚；马房；畜舍的一个隔栏
5. 牧师职位；牧师座位
6. 书报亭
7. 小间
8. 隔间
9. 诡计
10. <英>正厅前座区
11. 车位
12. 口实，借口
13. 搪塞，敷衍，欺骗办法

v. 动词

1. 熄火，抛锚
2. （使）陷入泥潭
3. 使熄火，使抛锚
4. 使动弹不得
5. （使）失速
6. 被关入畜舍，住在畜舍内
7. <美>被雪困住
8. 拖延，推迟，支吾
9. 欺骗
10. 逃避
11. 把...关进马房，把（牲畜）关着养肥，把…关入畜舍
12. 敷衍，搪塞
13. 把（畜舍）分成小格
14. <美>（比赛时）拖延时间
15. 拖时间使等候，把…拖住
16. 停顿，停止
17. 暂缓

英英释义

Noun:

1. a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed

2. small area set off by walls for special use

3. a booth where articles are displayed for sale

4. a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge;

   "the plane went into a stall and I couldn't control it"
   

5. seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater

6. small individual study area in a library

7. a tactic used to mislead or delay

Verb:

1. postpone doing what one should be doing;

   "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days"
   

2. come to a stop;

   "The car stalled in the driveway"
   

3. deliberately delay an event or action;

   "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling"
   

4. put into, or keep in, a stall;

   "Stall the horse"
   

5. experience a stall in flight, of airplanes

6. cause an airplane to go into a stall

7. cause an engine to stop;

   "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car"
   

例句

用作名词 (n.)

1. The excited horse flung about in the stall.
   受惊的马在马厩里乱冲乱踢。
2. The horse chafed against his stall.
   马在厩栏上擦著身子。
3. Our house has a shower stall.
   我们房子里有淋浴小隔间。
4. Never buy food from a market stall.
   千万别在小摊上买食物。
5. The opening of a market stall is governed by municipal fiat.
   开设市场摊位受市政法令管制。
6. My seat number is Row 7, Number 10 in the stall.
   我的座号是正厅7排10号。

用作动词 (v.)

1. You'd better stall the pigs.
   你最好把猪关在猪圈里饲养。
2. The plane stalled suddenly.
   那飞机突然失控下降。
3. If you try to start off in top gear you'll stall.
   要是刚一发动就用最高挡，那就会熄火。
4. Every time I ask her to set the date she stalls.
   我每次请她定一个时间，她总是借故拖延。
5. Stop stalling and give me an answer.
   别支支吾吾的了,快回答我的问题。
6. An inexperienced pilot can easily stall his plane.
   没有经验的飞行员很容易使他的飞机失速。

常见句型

用作动词 (v.)

用作不及物动词

S+～(+A)

1. Quit stalling!
   不要拖延时间!
2. Stop stalling and answer my question!
   别支支吾吾的,快回答我的问题!
3. The car engine may stall as we go up the hill.
   爬山时,汽车发动机可能发生故障。
4. The plane stalled just after take-off and crashed onto the run-way.
   飞机刚起飞就发生了故障而失去控制,坠毁在跑道上。

用作及物动词

S+～+ n./pron.

1. The strike stalled our holiday plan.
   罢工耽误了我们的度假计划。
2. The bad weather stalled the game this afternoon.
   坏天气拖延了今天下午的比赛。
3. Use the brake gently or you'll stall the engine.
   轻踩刹车片,不然的话发动机会熄火的。
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4. The horses were safely stalled.
   马都关进了马棚,很安全。

经典引文

• Two teams of horsessleaving six horses in the stalls.

  出自： B. Malamud

• Concrete-floored sow stalls..can make the animals cold and uncomfortable.

  出自：New Scientist

• If it was a stall, dont common sense tell you I'd have invented a better one?

  出自： W. Faulkner

• Curley..stalled.., not knowing where to go.

  出自： J. Carroll

• Emma was now unhappy.., their relationship seemed stalled.

  出自： P. Mailloux

• Bargain some more. It's the only way left to stall him.

  出自： J. Crosby

常用短语

用作动词 (v.)

stall for time (v.+prep.+n.)

拖延时间以考虑对策 cause delays in order to have more time to think, win, collect money, etc.

stall off (v.+adv.)

设法使(债主)等待 cause (sb to whom one owes money) to wait
stall sb ⇔ off
How can we stall off the angry tradesmen till the end of the month?

我们怎么才能让那些愤怒的商人等到月底呢?

词汇搭配

用作动词 (v.)

～+名词

• stall game 拖延比赛
• stall plan 耽误了计划
• stall time 拖延时间
• stall engine 使发动机熄火
• stall horse 把马关起来
• stall plane 使飞机失去了控制

～+副词

• stall safely 安全地关着
• stall off 设法使(某人)等待

～+介词

• stall for 拖延…

词语用法

v. (动词)

1. stall用作名词时的意思是“分隔栏”,转化成动词后意思是“拖延”,指将某事或时间耽搁下来或把将要发生的事情向后延迟。引申可指“停顿,阻塞”。
2. stall可用作及物动词,也可用作不及物动词。用作及物动词时,后接名词或代词作宾语。可用于被动结构。

近反义词

【近义词】

• compartment 间隔
• delay 耽搁
• stand 站立
• kiosk 亭
• cubicle 小室
• arcade 拱廊
• shop 商店
• boutique 专卖流行衣服的小商店...
• pen 钢笔
• coop 笼子
• shed 除掉
• stop 停止
• cut out 切断
• defer 推迟
• play for time 为争取时间而拖延...
• prevaricate 支吾其辞
• equivocate 说模棱两可的话...
• booth 货摊
• dillydally 磨蹭
• procrastinate 延迟
• cell 单人牢房
• dawdle 磨蹭
• block 街区
• hinder 阻碍
• stalling 拖延（策略）...
• drag one's feet 拖着脚缓慢行走...
• carrell 阅览桌
• conk 鼻子
• shillyshally 犹豫不决
• dilly-dally 磨蹭
• drag one's heels 拖着脚走
• Carrel 图书馆卡座(=carre...