单词 | stool |
释义 | Word Frequency stool(stuːl) noun 1. a backless seat or footrest consisting of a small flat piece of wood, etc, resting on three or four legs, a pedestal, etc 2. a rootstock or base of a plant, usually a woody plant, from which shoots, etc, are produced 3. a cluster of shoots growing from such a base 4. mainly US a decoy used in hunting 5. waste matter evacuated from the bowels 6. a lavatory seat 7. (in W Africa, esp Ghana) a chief's throne 8. fall between two stools verb (intransitive) 9. (of a plant) to send up shoots from the base of the stem, rootstock, etc 10. to lure wildfowl with a decoy Word origin Old English stōl; related to Old Norse stōll, Gothic stōls, Old High German stuol chair, Greek stulos pillar |
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