| 释义 |
stall1 /stöl/ noun- A standing-place
- A stable, cowshed, or the like
- A compartment for one animal
- A bench, table, booth or stand for the display or sale of goods, or used as a working place
- A church seat with arms, usu one of those lining the choir or chancel on both sides, reserved for cathedral clergy, for choir, for monks, or for knights of an order
- An office entitling one to such a seat
- A doorless pew
- An individual seat with arms in a theatre, etc, esp (in pl) on the ground floor
- A working place in a mine
- A covering for a finger (as in fingerstall)
- A starting stall (qv under start)
- An instance of stalling in aircraft or engine
- A standstill
- (Scot staw) a surfeit
transitive verb- To put or keep in a stall
- To induct, install
- To bring to a standstill
- To cause (an aeroplane) to fly in such a way that the angle between the aerofoils and the direction of motion is greater than that at which there is maximum lift, and so lose control
- To stop (an engine) by sudden braking, overloading, etc
- To cause (a vehicle) to become stuck in mud or snow
- (esp in Scots form staw) to surfeit
- (pap stal'd /stöld/) to release on payment by instalments (Spenser)
intransitive verb- To come to a standstill
- To stick in mud or snow
- (of an aircraft or engine) to be stalled
- To inhabit a stall
- To dwell (obsolete)
- To share a dwelling (obsolete)
ORIGIN: OE stall, steall, ON stallr, Ger Stall stallage /stölˈij/ noun Rent paid for erecting a stall in a fair or market stalled adjective - Kept or fed in a stall
- Fatted
- Having a stall or stalls
- Stuck
- Sated (Scot stawed)
stallˈing noun Stabling stallˈinger or stallˈenger /-in-jər/ noun (historical) - A keeper of a stall
- A person who paid for the privilege of trading in a burgh of which he was not a freeman
stallˈ-fed adjective (of domestic animals) fed and fattened in a stall stallˈ-feed transitive verb To confine (an animal) to its stall and fatten it stallˈholder noun A keeper of a market stall stallˈing-kenˈ noun (obsolete slang) A house for receiving stolen goods stallˈman noun A keeper of a stall, esp a bookstall stallˈmaster noun (Ger Stallmeister) a master of horse stall plate noun A plate with a knight's arms affixed to his stall |