stall
stall 英 [stɔ:l] 美 [stɔl]
n. 货摊；牛马棚 v. 拖延，暂缓，抛锚
进行时:stalling 过去式:stalled 过去分词:stalled 第三人称单数:stalls 名词复数:stalls
- Stall means to stop or delay. If your car stalls, it comes to a stop. When you want a horse to stop, you put him in a stall, or small enclosure inside a barn.
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- n. 货摊；牛马棚
- v. 拖延，暂缓，抛锚
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1. a market stall
集市上的货摊
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2. The car stalled and refused to start again.
汽车熄火打不着了。
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3. I stalled the car three times during my driving test.
我考驾照时车子熄了三次火。
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4. They are still stalling on the deal.
他们仍在拖时间，而不急于达成协议。
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5. Discussions have once again stalled.
讨论再次停顿下来。
- stall (n.1) "place in a stable for animals," Old English steall "standing place, position, state; place where cattle are kept, fishing ground," from Proto-Germanic *stalla- (source also of Old Norse stallr "pedestal for idols, altar; crib, manger," Old Frisian stal, Old High German stall "stand, place, stable, stall," German Stall "stable," Stelle "place"), from suffixed form of PIE root *sta- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place.
- stall (n.2) "pretense or evasive story to avoid doing something," 1812, from earlier sense "thief's assistant" (1590s, also staller), from a variant of stale "bird used as a decoy to lure other birds" (mid-15c.), from Anglo-French estale "decoy, pigeon used to lure a hawk" (13c., compare stool pigeon), literally "standstill," from Old French estal "place, stand, stall," from Frankish *stal- "position," ultimately from Germanic and cognate with Old English steall (see stall (n.1)). Compare Old English stælhran "decoy reindeer," German stellvogel "decoy bird." Figurative sense of "deception, means of allurement" is first recorded 1520s. Also see stall (v.2).
- stall (n.3) "action of losing lift, power, or motion," 1918 of aircraft, 1959 of automobile engines, from stall (v.1).
- stall (v.1) "to come to a stand" (intransitive), c. 1400; "to become stuck or be set fast," mid-15c., from Old French estale or Old English steall (see stall (n.1)). Transitive sense "place in office, install" is 14c.; specifically "place an animal in a stall" (late 14c.). Of engines or engine-powered vehicles, it is attested from 1904 (transitive), 1914 (intransitive); of aircraft "to lose lift," 1910. Related: Stalled; stalling.
- stall (v.2) 1590s, "distract a victim and thus screen a pickpocket from observation," from stall (n.2) "decoy." Meaning "to prevaricate, be evasive, play for time" is attested from 1903. Related: Stalled; stalling. Compare old slang stalling ken "house for receiving stolen goods" (1560s).
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