单词 | stock |
释义 | Word Frequency stock(stɒk) noun 1. a. (sometimes plural) the total goods or raw material kept on the premises of a shop or business b. (as modifier) a stock clerk stock book 2. a supply of something stored for future use he keeps a good stock of whisky 3. finance a. the capital raised by a company through the issue and subscription of shares entitling their holders to dividends, partial ownership, and usually voting rights b. the proportion of such capital held by an individual shareholder c. the shares of a specified company or industry d. (formerly) the part of an account or tally given to a creditor e. the debt represented by this 4. standing or status 5. a. farm animals, such as cattle and sheep, bred and kept for their meat, skins, etc b. (as modifier) stock farming 6. the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant 7. horticulture a. a rooted plant into which a scion is inserted during grafting b. a plant or stem from which cuttings are taken See also rootstock 8. the original type from which a particular race, family, group, etc, is derived 9. a race, breed, or variety of animals or plants 10. (often plural) a small pen in which a single animal can be confined 11. a line of descent 12. any of the major subdivisions of the human species; race or ethnic group 13. the part of a rifle, sub-machine-gun, etc, into which the barrel and firing mechanism is set: held by the firer against the shoulder 14. the handle of something, such as a whip or fishing rod 15. the main body of a tool, such as the block of a plane 16. short for diestock, gunstock, rolling stock 17. (formerly) the part of a plough to which the irons and handles were attached 18. the main upright part of a supporting structure 19. a liquid or broth in which meat, fish, bones, or vegetables have been simmered for a long time 20. film material before exposure and processing 21. metallurgy a. a portion of metal cut from a bar upon which a specific process, such as forging, is to be carried out b. the material that is smelted in a blast furnace 22. Also called: gillyflower any of several plants of the genus Matthiola, such as M. incana and M. bicornis (evening or night-scented stock), of the Mediterranean region, cultivated for their brightly coloured flowers: Brassicaceae (crucifers) 23. Virginian stock 24. a long usually white neckcloth wrapped around the neck, worn in the 18th century and as part of modern riding dress 25. cards a pile of cards left after the deal in certain games, from which players draw 26. a. the repertoire of plays available to a repertory company b. (as modifier) a stock play 27. (on some types of anchors) a crosspiece at the top of the shank under the ring 28. the centre of a wheel 29. an exposed igneous intrusion that is smaller in area than a batholith 30. a log or block of wood 31. laughing stock 32. an archaic word for stocking 33. in stock 34. out of stock 35. take stock 36. take stock in 37. lock, stock, and barrel adjective 38. staple, standard stock sizes in clothes 39. (prenominal) being a cliché; hackneyed a stock phrase verb 40. (transitive) to keep (goods) for sale 41. (intr; usually foll by up or up on) to obtain a store of (something) for future use or sale to stock up on beer 42. (transitive) to supply with live animals, fish, etc to stock a farm 43. (intransitive) (of a plant) to put forth new shoots 44. (transitive) obsolete to punish by putting in the stocks Derived forms stocker (ˈstocker) noun Word origin Old English stocc trunk (of a tree), stem, stick (the various senses developed from these meanings,as trunk of a tree, hence line of descent; structures made of timber; a store of timberor other goods for future use, hence an aggregate of goods, animals, etc); relatedto Old Saxon, Old High German stock stick, stump |
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