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单词 stoollike
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
stool /stul/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Furniturea simple armless and usually backless seat on legs:sat on stools at the counter.
  2. Furniturea short, low support on which to step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting:He propped his feet on the stool.
  3. Physiologythe fecal matter excreted during a bowel movement.
  4. a toilet seat.
  5. Religiona stool pigeon.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
stool (sto̅o̅l),USA pronunciation  n. 
  1. Furniturea single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
  2. Furniturea short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.
  3. Botany[Hort.]the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering.
  4. Botanythe base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots.
  5. Botanya cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer.
  6. a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy.
  7. an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters.
  8. a privy.
  9. Physiologythe fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
  10. Buildingthe sill of a window. See diag. under double-hung. 
  11. Religiona bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority;
    see.
  12. Anthropology, Government, Religionthe sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
  13. fall between two stools, to fail, through hesitation or indecision, to select either of two alternatives.

v.i. 
  1. Botanyto put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant;
    form a stool.
  2. Slang Termsto turn informer;
    serve as a stool pigeon.
  • Indo-European root of stand) + *-l- suffix; akin to Old Church Slavonic stolù throne
  • Gmc *stō- (
  • bef. 900; Middle English; Old English stōl; cognate with German Stuhl, Old Norse stōll, Gothic stols chair; all
stoollike′, adj. 

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