释义 |
stonewallstone‧wall /ˌstəʊnˈwɔːl $ ˌstoʊnˈwɒːl/ verb [intransitive] VERB TABLEstonewall |
Present | I, you, we, they | stonewall | | he, she, it | stonewalls | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | stonewalled | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have stonewalled | | he, she, it | has stonewalled | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had stonewalled | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will stonewall | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have stonewalled |
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Present | I | am stonewalling | | he, she, it | is stonewalling | | you, we, they | are stonewalling | Past | I, he, she, it | was stonewalling | | you, we, they | were stonewalling | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been stonewalling | | he, she, it | has been stonewalling | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been stonewalling | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be stonewalling | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been stonewalling |
- His immediate response was to stonewall.
- The overall government line was to stonewall international pressure for pollution curbs, pending more research.
to delay a discussion, decision etc by talking a lot and refusing to answer questions |