单词	stagnant
释义	stagnantstag‧nant /ˈstæɡnənt/ adjective Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES The moss grows in stagnant pools of water. Ticket sales have been stagnant. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS A hundred shirtless men worked, sweating, in practiced synchronization in the hot, stagnant air of the clearing. By contrast, people who become stagnant at midlife dry out and shrink like prunes. Everyone knows it's a stagnant market. Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water. He detected the faint smell of blood just before the familiar but oddly stagnant odor of Jinju came rushing toward him. The country's musical artificiality and stagnant stupidity drably undermines the development of its youth. The road peters out in a mass of marshy grass and stagnant water. We'd pick coffee from October to January, but January is called the stagnant month. Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► stagnant economy (=bad and not progressing or improving)· Measures aimed at reviving the stagnant economy are not working. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► economy · A stagnant economy heaps increased demands on government as more people are in need.· Both the leading candidates advocated free market policies and foreign investment to revive the stagnant economy.· The lack of an efficient railway system was a major contributing factor to the stagnant economy.· But his Treasury team think they have done enough to put life into the stagnant economy. ► water · The road peters out in a mass of marshy grass and stagnant water.· Midway between sun and stagnant water he blazed in his glorious colors of putrefaction dark green, dark blue, black.· He had not eaten for three days and had drunk only stagnant water from a barrel.· Gao Ma knew that the lane beyond the southern wall dead-ended at a noodle mill alongside a ditch of putrid stagnant water.· Aeration can not be a factor, as this algal growth also occurs in stagnant water.· They grow in running streams as well as in stagnant water of ponds, backwaters, and wells.· Usually we are melting snow or ice so we don't bother, but this trip could see us near stagnant water.· Imagine being offended by stagnant water! 1stagnant water or air does not move or flow and often smells bad:  a stagnant pond2not changing or making progress, and continuing to be in a bad condition:  a government plan to revive the stagnant economy
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