英语词汇“stagnant”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

stagnant

/ˈstaɡnənt

adjective

1(Of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence: a stagnant ditch...

Wade had a large clay pot with a big chip in the top in which he kept stagnant water, weeds, and any bugs that intrigued him.
The took a compass bearing for the direction of the croaking and eventually reached stagnant, muddy pools, thick with a scum of dead insects.
If your water has been stagnant for some time, treat it before you drink it.

Synonyms

still, motionless, immobile, inert, lifeless, dead, standing, slack, static, stationary;

foul, stale, dirty, filthy, putrid, putrefied, brackish

1.1Showing no activity; dull and sluggish: a stagnant economy...

The body politic is stagnant, its membership mediocre and undeservedly self-satisfied.
However, pay for similar work in the US has been relatively stagnant if not declining.
In stagnant economies, urbanisation levels do not increase much.

Synonyms

inactive, sluggish, slow, slow-moving, lethargic, static, flat, depressed, quiet, dull, declining, moribund, dying, dead, dormant, stagnating

Derivatives

stagnancy

/ˈstaɡnənsi/ noun ...

You have to give children confidence or they will be fearful, and fear leads to stagnancy.
The huge bauxite mines which surround Linden have been idle for several years and the national government has been actively searching for a solution to this region's economic stagnancy.
The stagnancy of national politics only seems to make them more eager to get involved.

stagnantly

adverb ...

I look pregnant but am merely filled with fluids that no longer pass into the liver, but rather collect stagnantly in the abdominal tissues.
He looked around at all the open windows that failed to stifle it, the bowls of Pot-Pori that sat stagnantly decomposing on side tables too small and cluttered with leaflets to serve any purpose.
Thankfully, the rain had stopped but puddles of water were still standing stagnantly before the cafe's door.

Origin

Mid 17th century: from Latin stagnant- 'forming a pool of standing water', from the verb stagnare, from stagnum 'pool'.

单词	stagnant
释义	stagnant /ˈstaɡnənt / adjective 1(Of a body of water or the atmosphere of a confined space) having no current or flow and often having an unpleasant smell as a consequence: a stagnant ditch... Wade had a large clay pot with a big chip in the top in which he kept stagnant water, weeds, and any bugs that intrigued him. The took a compass bearing for the direction of the croaking and eventually reached stagnant, muddy pools, thick with a scum of dead insects. If your water has been stagnant for some time, treat it before you drink it. Synonyms still, motionless, immobile, inert, lifeless, dead, standing, slack, static, stationary; foul, stale, dirty, filthy, putrid, putrefied, brackish 1.1Showing no activity; dull and sluggish: a stagnant economy... The body politic is stagnant, its membership mediocre and undeservedly self-satisfied. However, pay for similar work in the US has been relatively stagnant if not declining. In stagnant economies, urbanisation levels do not increase much. Synonyms inactive, sluggish, slow, slow-moving, lethargic, static, flat, depressed, quiet, dull, declining, moribund, dying, dead, dormant, stagnating Derivatives stagnancy /ˈstaɡnənsi/ noun ... You have to give children confidence or they will be fearful, and fear leads to stagnancy. The huge bauxite mines which surround Linden have been idle for several years and the national government has been actively searching for a solution to this region's economic stagnancy. The stagnancy of national politics only seems to make them more eager to get involved. stagnantly adverb ... I look pregnant but am merely filled with fluids that no longer pass into the liver, but rather collect stagnantly in the abdominal tissues. He looked around at all the open windows that failed to stifle it, the bowls of Pot-Pori that sat stagnantly decomposing on side tables too small and cluttered with leaflets to serve any purpose. Thankfully, the rain had stopped but puddles of water were still standing stagnantly before the cafe's door. Origin Mid 17th century: from Latin stagnant- 'forming a pool of standing water', from the verb stagnare, from stagnum 'pool'.
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