| 单词 | stunt |
| 释义 | stunt (once / 907 pages) 1vn 2nv To stunt is to slow or hinder. Some people say that drinking coffee will stunt your growth when you're a teenager — they worry that you won't grow any taller. Poor nutrition can stunt your growth, and bad soil will do the same for a plant — a lack of moisture or nutrients will stunt the development of your lettuce or tomatoes. Another meaning of stunt is a dangerous trick, the kind performed in an action movie or by planes in an air show. The root of "check the growth" is the Old English stunt, "short witted or foolish," while the "trick" kind of stunt comes from nineteenth century American college slang. WORD FAMILYstunt: stunted, stunting, stunts+/stunted: stuntedness USAGE EXAMPLESIf there’s a silver lining, it’s in the growing awareness that costly government regulations stunt the ag economy. Washington Times(Jan 02, 2017) The stunt was a throwback to Jan. 1, 1976, when the prankster Daniel N. Finegood altered the letters in the same way. New York Times(Jan 01, 2017) He missed the following two games, and that time off stunted his development. Washington Post(Dec 29, 2016) 1 1v check the growth or development of You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles Hypo|Hyper dwarf check the growth of hinder, impede be a hindrance or obstacle to 2n a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth 2Hyper animal, animate being, beast, brute, creature, fauna a living organism characterized by voluntary movement 1n a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention Hypo|Hyper Russian roulette a stunt in which you spin the cylinder of a revolver that is loaded with only one bullet and then point the muzzle at your head and pull the trigger acrobatic feat, acrobatic stunta stunt performed by an acrobat backbendan acrobatic feat in which the trunk is bent backward from a standing position until the hands touch the floor back circlea feat in which an acrobat arches the back from a prone position and bends the knees until the toes touch the head walkoverbackbends combined with handstands cartwheelacrobatic revolutions with the body turned sideways and the arms and legs outstretched like the spokes of a wheel handspringan acrobatic feat in which a person goes from a standing position to a handstand and back again headstandan acrobatic feat in which a person balances on the head (usually with the help of the hands) tumblean acrobatic feat of rolling or turning end over end splitextending the legs at right angles to the trunk (one in front and the other in back) effort, exploit, feat a notable achievement 2v perform a stunt or stunts Hyper do, execute, perform carry out or perform an action |
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