单词	stall
释义	stall1 nounstall2 verb stallstall1 /stɔːl $ stɒːl/ ●●○ S3 noun Word Origin WORD ORIGINstall1 Origin: 1-2, 4-6 Old English steall3 1900-2000 ➔ STALL2 Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES a stall at a flea market Justin used to mind the stall while his father was in the cafe, drinking. The trouble is, you can't really try the clothes on at a market stall. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS In the stalls Timothy Gedge sat three rows behind the children from Sea House, with the carrier-bag by his feet. Most of the Guernseys are hitched to their stalls, but one is in a special stall. New covers for stalls in Darlington market will cost £4,600. On leaving the stall they plunged into the hall which was bedlam, and far fuller than it had been that morning. The organisation first began life in Shepperton with four ponies, two saddles, four bridles, four stalls and a shed. There are stalls selling sweets, cakes, espetada and wine. There was the theatre; seated in the stalls he could stare, but could not address her; but afterwards? Thesaurus Longman Language Activatordifferent types of shop► supermarket also grocery store American a large shop that sells a wide range of things, especially food, cleaning materials, and other things that people buy regularly: · Can you get pine nuts in the grocery store?· There are plans to open a new supermarket next year. ► convenience store especially American a shop in your local area that sells food, alcohol, magazines etc and is often open 24 hours a day: · Believe me, if his father wasn't so rich, that guy would be working in a convenience store. ► corner shop British /corner store American a small local shop, usually on the corner of a street, that sells food, newspapers, cigarettes etc: · The corner shop's started selling sandwiches now, and I'd rather go there than the supermarket.· His parents ran a little corner store in the Castro in San Francisco. ► bakery also baker's British a shop that sells bread and cakes, especially one that also makes the bread and cakes: · She runs a French bakery in North London. ► butcher British /butcher shop American a shop that sells meat: · Many small independent butchers are closing down. ► delicatessen also deli informal a shop, or part of a larger shop, that sells high quality food such as cheeses and cold meats, often from different countries: · There's an Italian deli here and their homemade ravioli is delicious.deli counter (=the part in a large shop where high-quality cheese, cold meat etc is sold): · I had to wait for fifteen minutes at the deli counter this morning. ► off licence British also offie informal, also liquor store American a shop that sells beer, wine, and other alcoholic drinks that you drink at home ► chemist also chemist's British /drugstore American a shop that sells medicines, beauty and baby products etc ► pharmacy especially American a shop or part of a shop where medicines are made and sold ► hardware store also hardware shop British a shop that sells equipment and tools that you can use in your home or garden ► newsagent's/newsagent British a shop that sells newspapers and magazines, cigarettes, chocolates etc: · Ruth waited for him outside the newsagent's. ► newstand/newsstand a small structure on a street, that sells newspapers and magazines: · He bought a paper at a newstand near the entrance to the park. ► kiosk a very small shop on a street, that has an open window where you can buy newspapers, cigarettes, chocolate etc: · There must be a kiosk selling phone cards around here somewhere. ► stall especially British /stand American a table, especially in a market, where goods are placed: · Justin used to mind the stall while his father was in the cafe, drinking.· I bought a few trinkets at the souvenir stand.market stall: · The trouble is, you can't really try the clothes on at a market stall. WORD SETS► Agriculture agrarian, adjectiveagribusiness, nounagro-, prefixagro-industry, nounanimal husbandry, nounanimal rights, nounartificial insemination, nounbale, nounbale, verbbarn, nounbarnyard, nounbattery, nounbiotechnology, nounbreadbasket, nounbreed, verbbreeding, nounbroiler, nounbroiler chicken, nounBSE, nounbuckaroo, nounbull, nounbutcher, verbbyre, nouncapon, nouncattleman, nouncattle market, nouncattle prod, nounchaff, nounchicken, nounchicken run, nouncollective farm, nouncoop, nounco-op, nouncorral, nouncorral, verbcowboy, nouncowgirl, nouncowhand, nouncowpoke, nouncreamery, nouncroft, nouncrofter, nouncrofting, nouncultivate, verbcultivation, noundairy, noundairy cattle, noundairy farm, noundairymaid, noundairyman, nounDDT, noundip, verbdip, noundirt farmer, noundrover, noundry-stone wall, noundude ranch, nounDutch barn, nounextensive agriculture, factory farming, nounfallow, adjectivefarm, nounfarm, verbfarmer, nounfarmhand, nounfarmhouse, nounfarming, nounfarmland, nounfarmstead, nounfarmyard, nounfeedstock, nounfield, nounfishery, nounfish farm, nounfish meal, nounflail, verbflail, nounfleece, nounfodder, nounfold, nounfoot and mouth disease, nounforage, nounfowl, nounfree-range, adjectivefungicide, noungamekeeper, noungeld, verbgenetically modified, adjectivegentleman farmer, nounGM, adjectivegoatherd, noungraft, noungraft, verbgranary, noungreenhouse, noungreen revolution, nounGreen Revolution, nounhacienda, nounharrow, nounhatchery, nounhayloft, nounhaymaking, nounhaystack, nounheifer, nounhen house, nounherbicide, nounherd, nounherd, verbherdsman, nounhigh-yield, adjectivehired hand, nounhomestead, nounhomestead, verbhopper, nounhorticulture, nounhusbandry, nounhutch, nouninsecticide, nounintensive agriculture, irrigate, verbJersey, nounkibbutz, nounlamb, verbland agent, nounlasso, nounlasso, verblift, verblitter, nounlivestock, nounlonghorn, nounmad cow disease, nounmanure, nounmeat, nounmerino, nounmilk, nounmilk churn, nounmilking machine, nounmilking parlour, nounmilkmaid, nounmixed farming, nounmower, nounmuck, nounmuckheap, nounnursery, nounoast house, nounorangery, nounorchard, nounorganic, adjectiveorganic farming, paddock, nounpaddy, nounpasturage, nounpasture, nounpasture, verbpastureland, nounpen, nounperpendicular, adjectivepest, nounpesticide, nounpiggery, nounpigpen, nounpigsty, nounpigswill, nounpitchfork, nounplantation, nounplanter, nounplough, nounplough, verbploughboy, nounploughman, nounploughshare, nounpoultry, nounproducer, nounpullet, nounPYO, raise, verbranch, nounrancher, nounranching, nounrange, nounranger, nounrear, verbrick, nounrubber, nounrun, nounrustle, verbscarecrow, nounscythe, nounsharecropper, nounshare-cropper, nounshear, verbshearer, nounsheep-dip, nounsheepdog, nounsheep-pen, nounshepherd, nounshepherdess, nounsickle, nounsilage, nounsilo, nounslaughter, verbslaughterhouse, nounsmallholding, nounsow, verbsow, nounsprayer, nounstable, nounstable, verbstable boy, nounstall, nounstation, nounsteer, nounstock, nounstockbreeder, nounstockman, nounstockyard, nounstubble, nounsty, nounswill, nounswine, nounswineherd, nountenant farmer, nounterrace, nounthresh, verbthreshing machine, nountractor, nountrough, nountruck farm, nountrue, adverbudder, nounvillein, nounvineyard, nounweedkiller, nounweevil, nounwheat, nounwheatgerm, nounwheatmeal, nounwinnow, verbwool, nounwrangler, nounyoke, nounyoke, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a car stalls (=stops working for a short time until you start it again)· My car stalled at the traffic lights. ► negotiations stall (=stop making progress)· The negotiations stalled over the question of arms reductions. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► flower · I was learning Hugh's trade, and helping my granny with her flower stall at the harbour.· And large, vibrant blooms beckoned from small flower stalls.· Buster Edwards now runs a Flower stall outside Waterloo Station. ► food · Belle devised the trick of waiting by a food stall at a halt until the train was just pulling out again.· Although small shops and food stalls exist, vending machines filled with cookies, crackers and chips are rare. ► market · Optics have fascinated Dall since he bought a spyglass telescope from a market stall in his mid-teens.· I have no residual obligation to come back to the same market stall next week.· Or you can buy some flowers from a shop or market stall.· When the dustmen come by and the first market stalls are being erected in the early morning the place is still deserted.· As Christmas approaches goods like these are turning up at one day sales, car boot sales and market stalls.· The tins of sardines it received as rations are on sale at market stalls.· Very good value woollen garments, inlaid wooden souvenirs or leather goods may be bought at market stalls and some shops. ► shower · He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him.· Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls.· The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls.· We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall. VERB► run · Till about 5 years ago I used to run a tea stall.· In 1887 Lyons ran a stall at the Liverpool exhibition, selling for a shilling a combined microscope-binocular-compass which he had invented.· Buster Edwards now runs a Flower stall outside Waterloo Station.· He may have the measure of the John Gosden-trained Anshan, running from stall 15.· Angie was running the hamburger stall - I don't think she has ever cooked so many hamburgers in her life. ► set · You set out your stall in an appropriate area full of like-minded folk.· Gamblers brought wheels of fortune; hucksters set up stalls to hawk gingerbread and beer.· Some set up their own stalls selling quail egg sandwiches or thimble-sized glasses of juice.· First up, Treleaven then hit an imperious five-iron pin-high to set out his stall.· This was solved by setting up the first stall run by the eldest most respected woman in the village. Phrases PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► bathroom/toilet/shower stall He asked for the shampoo in the shower stall and she handed it to him. The urinals were metal, and in a distant area of shadows there appeared to be shower stalls. Think about it, really, would you trust somebody who promotes their self in a bathroom stall? Tillman worked her hard all day made her change sheets, scour shower stalls. We got a hotel room that featured peeling paint, no windows, and a john in the shower stall. ► the stalls A gargantuan Teddy boy was standing in the stalls, looking down at his feet. Before the lights went down I saw that some one below in the stalls was trying to catch my attention. He and April, Maggie's mum, had done a great deal of their courting in the back seats of the stalls. If I was 12 years old I'd be squealing in the stalls as well. In the stalls Timothy Gedge sat three rows behind the children from Sea House, with the carrier-bag by his feet. Sandi spied the stalls in an adjoining room and hurried into one, releasing her bladder. The horse fair had been abandoned, the stalls cleared and the shops deserted. This is so with the statement that he hoped for a seat in the stalls for under £10. 1[countable] a table or a small shop with an open front, especially outdoors, where goods are sold:  a market stall2[countable] an enclosed area in a building for an animal such as a horse or cow3[countable usually singular] if a plane goes into a stall, its engine stops working4[countable usually plural] a seat in a row of fixed seats for priests and singers in some larger churches:  choir stalls5bathroom/toilet/shower stall a small enclosed private area for washing or using the toilet6the stalls British English the seats on the main level of a theatre or cinema:  a good seat in the front row of the stalls stall1 nounstall2 verb stallstall2 verb Word Origin WORD ORIGINstall2 Origin: 1,4 1900-2000 stall ‘to put in a stall’ (14-20 centuries), from ➔ STALL12-3 1800-1900 stale ‘something that leads people from the correct way’ (15-19 centuries), from Anglo-French estale ‘something set up’ Verb Table VERB TABLE stall Simple Form Present I, you, we, they stall he, she, it stalls Past I, you, he, she, it, we, they stalled Present perfect I, you, we, they have stalled he, she, it has stalled Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had stalled Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will stall Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have stalled Continuous Form Present I am stalling he, she, it is stalling you, we, they are stalling Past I, he, she, it was stalling you, we, they were stalling Present perfect I, you, we, they have been stalling he, she, it has been stalling Past perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they had been stalling Future I, you, he, she, it, we, they will be stalling Future perfect I, you, he, she, it, we, they will have been stalling Examples EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES Bond was trying to gain altitude when his plane stalled. City officials have slowed the development by stalling building permits for the area. Dad's coming! Stall him for a minute while I hide this. I'm not ready to talk to him yet - go out there and see if you can stall him. Many consumers are stalling the purchase of new cars. Quit stalling and tell me where she is. Trade negotiations have stalled. EXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS And passenger service growth has stalled. More ominously, the effort to halt the nuclear spread could also stall. Privatization has stalled since the parliamentary election last December. The government has long stalled on both fronts. The report comes as legislation to curb lawsuits and cap damages has stalled in Congress. The risk of casual overtime is that production stalls because not enough people volunteer when needed. Thus, the 1985 proclamation of privatisation had largely stalled by 1989 for lack of buyers. Traffic had stalled to a stop because an oil truck was making a delivery, so the road was one lane wide. Thesaurus Longman Language Activatorto deliberately delay someone or something► stall to deliberately delay doing something, or to deliberately stop someone else from doing something until a later time, either because you are not ready or to give yourself an advantage: · Quit stalling and tell me where she is.· I'm not ready to talk to him yet - go out there and see if you can stall him.· City officials have slowed the development by stalling building permits for the area. ► play for time to deliberately try to delay doing something or making a decision, because you are not ready or want more time to think about it: · Stop playing for time and give us an answer.· The rebel's current ceasefire doesn't amount to much more than playing for time. ► delaying tactics methods used, especially by politicians, in order to delay a plan or decision so that something can be done during the delay: · Some politicians are prepared to use delaying tactics to block the bill.· The peace negotiations were being held up by the delaying tactics of France and Great Britain. ► procrastinate to delay doing something that you ought to do, usually because you do not want to do it - used especially to show disapproval: · He hesitated and procrastinated for weeks before he finally told her he wanted their relationship to end.procrastinate about/over: · Certain players are procrastinating over their contracts in order to see how much money they can squeeze out of their clubs. WORD SETS► Transport accelerate, verbaerodynamic, adjectiveaerodynamics, nounairfreight, nounaisle, nounarr., baggage room, nounboard, verbboarding, nounBOL, booking office, nounbrake, nounbrake, verbbrake light, nounbrake shoe, nounbreakdown clause, bulk freight, C&F, cable car, nouncable railway, nouncargo, nouncarriage, nouncarrier, nouncart, nounCFR, change, verbchange, nounchassis, nounchopper, nounCMR, compartment, nounconcourse, nounconductor, nouncongested, adjectiveconnect, verbconnection, nounconsolidator, nouncontainer, nounconveyance, nounconvoy, nouncouple, verbcoupling, nouncourier, nouncourier, verbcrash, verbcrash, nouncrew, nouncrewman, nouncruise, verbcutting, noundead reckoning, noundelivery date, departure, noundestination, noundispatch rider, noundistribution channel, diverge, verbdouble-book, verbdrop-off, noundrop-shipping, nounelevated railway, nounengine, nounengineer, nounETA, nounfare, nounfeeder, nounfirst class, nounfirst-class, adjectivefloating insurance, flow, verbFOB, FOB airport, fogbound, adjectiveFOR, fork, nounfork, verbfree of particular average, adjectivefreighter, noungangway, noungross weight, Gro t, gyroscope, nounHague Rules, nounhelmet, nounhigh-speed, adjectivehijack, verbhijack, nounhitch, verbhub airport, ICAO, intercity, adjectiveinternational airport, interstate, adjectivekph, LGV, line, nounloading, nounluge, nounluggage, nounluggage rack, nounmachine, nounmarine insurance, mileage, nounmilepost, nounmotion sickness, nounmph, mudflap, nounnavigate, verbnavigation, nounnet weight, one-way, adjectiveopen insurance, outride, verbovertake, verbpackager, nounpannier, nounpart shipment, passenger, nounpayload, nounportage, nounporter, nounpropulsion, nounramp, nounreceiving office, red-eye, nounregional airport, re-route, verbreturn, nounreturn, adjectivereverse logistics, ride, verbroller, nounround-trip, nounround-trip, adjectiveroute, nounroute, verbrun, verbrun, nounschedule, nounsecond class, nounservice, nounship, verbshipload, nounshipment, nounshipper, nounshipping, nounshuttle, nounshuttle, verbsingle, adjectivesingle, nounski, nounskid, verbskid, nounstabilizer, nounstaging post, nounstall, verbsteering wheel, nounstopping distance, nounstowage, nounsubsonic, adjectivesupersonic, adjectivesurface transport, tailwind, nountanker, nounticket, nountime machine, nountimetable, nountourist class, nountowrope, nountrack, nountrack, verbtraffic, nountranscontinental, adjectivetransfer, verbtransfer, nountransit visa, nountransportation, nountransship, travel insurance, troop carrier, nountruckload, nountunnel, nountwo-seater, nountyre, noununderway, adjectiveU-turn, nounviaduct, nounwheel, nounwheel, verbwreck, nounyaw, verbyield, verb Collocations COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY► Quit stalling  Quit stalling and answer my question! ► stalling for time  He was just stalling for time. COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a car stalls (=stops working for a short time until you start it again)· My car stalled at the traffic lights. ► negotiations stall (=stop making progress)· The negotiations stalled over the question of arms reductions. COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN► car · The garages shut up and helped people to restart their cars after they had stalled through a flood.· My car was stalled by this time.· The 70-year-old woman, who has not been named, was coming out on to the A67 from Piercebridge when her car stalled. ► process · If that goes against them, they could stall the process further by seeking a judicial review.· Major said holding local elections is the best immediate way to build confidence in the stalled peace process. ► senate · House-passed measures restricting the power of the federal government to regulate health, safety and environment also stalled in the Senate.· But the bill is stalled in the Senate, where neither side in the debate is happy with it.· The bill is stalled in the Senate. ► time · My car was stalled by this time.· He was obviously stalling for time.· Not knowing what to do or say, Allen made no comment but stalled for time. 1[intransitive, transitive] if an engine or vehicle stalls, or if you stall it, it stops because there is not enough power or speed to keep it going:  The car kept stalling. An inexperienced pilot may easily stall a plane.2[intransitive] informal to deliberately delay because you are not ready to do something, answer questions etc:  Quit stalling and answer my question! He was just stalling for time.3[transitive] informal to make someone wait or stop something from happening until you are ready:  Maybe we can stall the sale until the prices go up. We’ve got to stall him somehow.4[intransitive] to stop making progress or developing:  While his career has stalled, hers has taken off.
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