stall 音标拼音: [st'ɔl]
n . 厩,停车处,牧师职位,货摊,托辞,拖延
vt . 关入厩,停顿,推托,支吾
厩,停车处,牧师职位,货摊,托辞,拖延关入厩,停顿,推托,支吾
stall n 1 :
a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed 2 :
small area set off by walls for special use [
synonym : {
booth },
{
cubicle }, {
stall }, {
kiosk }]
3 :
a booth where articles are displayed for sale [
synonym : {
stall },
{
stand }, {
sales booth }]
4 :
a malfunction in the flight of an aircraft in which there is a sudden loss of lift that results in a downward plunge ; "
the plane went into a stall and I couldn '
t control it "
5 :
seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater 6 :
small individual study area in a library [
synonym : {
carrel },
{
carrell }, {
cubicle }, {
stall }]
7 :
a tactic used to mislead or delay [
synonym : {
stall }, {
stalling }]
v 1 :
postpone doing what one should be doing ; "
He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days " [
synonym :
{
procrastinate }, {
stall }, {
drag one '
s feet }, {
drag one '
s heels }, {
shillyshally }, {
dilly -
dally }, {
dillydally }]
2 :
come to a stop ; "
The car stalled in the driveway " [
synonym :
{
stall }, {
conk }]
3 :
deliberately delay an event or action ; "
she doesn '
t want to write the report ,
so she is stalling "
4 :
put into ,
or keep in ,
a stall ; "
Stall the horse "
5 :
experience a stall in flight ,
of airplanes 6 :
cause an airplane to go into a stall 7 :
cause an engine to stop ; "
The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car "
Stall \
Stall \ (
st [
add ]
l ),
n . [
OE .
stal ,
AS .
steall ,
stall ,
a place ,
seat ,
or station ,
a stable ;
akin to D . &
OHG .
stal ,
G .
&
Sw .
stall ,
Icel .
stallr ,
Dan .
stald ,
originally ,
a standing place ;
akin also to G .
stelle a place ,
stellen to place ,
Gr .
ste `
llein to set ,
place ,
send ,
and E .
stand . [
root ]
163 .
See {
Stand },
and cf . {
Apostle }, {
Epistle }, {
Forestall },
{
Install }, {
Stale },
a . &
v .
i .,
1st {
Stalk }, {
Stallion },
{
Still }.]
1 .
A stand ;
a station ;
a fixed spot ;
hence ,
the stand or place where a horse or an ox is kept and fed ;
the division of a stable ,
or the compartment ,
for one horse ,
ox ,
or other animal . "
In an oxes stall ." --
Chaucer .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
A stable ;
a place for cattle .
[
1913 Webster ]
At last he found a stall where oxen stood . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
A small apartment or shed in which merchandise is exposed for sale ;
as ,
a butcher '
s stall ;
a bookstall .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
A bench or table on which small articles of merchandise are exposed for sale .
[
1913 Webster ]
How peddlers '
stalls with glittering toys are laid .
--
Gay .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
A seat in the choir of a church ,
for one of the officiating clergy .
It is inclosed ,
either wholly or partially ,
at the back and sides .
The stalls are frequently very rich ,
with canopies and elaborate carving .
[
1913 Webster ]
The dignified clergy ,
out of humility ,
have called their thrones by the names of stalls . --
Bp .
Warburton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Loud the monks sang in their stalls . --
Longfellow .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
In the theater ,
a seat with arms or otherwise partly inclosed ,
as distinguished from the benches ,
sofas ,
etc .
[
1913 Webster ]
7 . (
Mining )
The space left by excavation between pillars .
See {
Post and stall },
under {
Post }.
[
1913 Webster ]
8 .
A covering or sheath ,
as of leather ,
horn ,
of iron ,
for a finger or thumb ;
a cot ;
as ,
a thumb stall ;
a finger stall .
[
Webster 1913 Suppl .]
{
Stall reader },
one who reads books at a stall where they are exposed for sale .
[
1913 Webster ]
Cries the stall reader , "
Bless us !
what a word on A titlepage is this !" --
Milton .
[
1913 Webster ]
Stall \
Stall \,
v .
i . [
AS .
steallian to have room .
See {
Stall },
n .]
1 .
To live in ,
or as in ,
a stall ;
to dwell . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
We could not stall together In the whole world . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To kennel ,
as dogs . --
Johnson .
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To be set ,
as in mire or snow ;
to stick fast .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To be tired of eating ,
as cattle . [
Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Stall \
Stall \,
v .
t . [
imp . &
p .
p . {
Stalled } (
st [
add ]
ld );
p .
pr .
&
vb .
n . {
Stalling }.] [
Cf .
Sw .
stalla ,
Dan .
stalde .]
1 .
To put into a stall or stable ;
to keep in a stall or stalls ;
as ,
to stall an ox .
[
1913 Webster ]
Where King Latinus then his oxen stalled . --
Dryden .
[
1913 Webster ]
2 .
To fatten ;
as ,
to stall cattle . [
Prov .
Eng .]
[
1913 Webster ]
3 .
To place in an office with the customary formalities ;
to install . [
Obs .] --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
4 .
To plunge into mire or snow so as not to be able to get on ;
to set ;
to fix ;
as ,
to stall a cart . --
Burton .
[
1913 Webster ]
His horses had been stalled in the snow . --
E .
E .
Hale .
[
1913 Webster ]
5 .
To forestall ;
to anticipate . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
This is not to be stall '
d by my report . --
Massinger .
[
1913 Webster ]
6 .
To keep close ;
to keep secret . [
Obs .]
[
1913 Webster ]
Stall this in your bosom . --
Shak .
[
1913 Webster ]
212 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stall ":
Fabian policy ,
Micawberism ,
Nissen hut ,
Quonset hut ,
acrobatics ,
aerobatics ,
alcove ,
amen corner ,
anxious bench ,
anxious seat ,
area ,
arrest ,
artifice ,
auditorium ,
backwardness ,
balcony ,
banking ,
barn ,
be dilatory ,
block ,
booth ,
box ,
box seat ,
brake ,
bring to ,
bring up ,
bring up short ,
byre ,
cavity ,
cease fire ,
cell ,
cellule ,
chamber ,
chandelle ,
check ,
checkmate ,
cloy ,
come up short ,
compartment ,
conk out ,
coop ,
corral ,
cote ,
counter ,
cowbarn ,
cowbyre ,
cowhouse ,
cowshed ,
crabbing ,
crib ,
crypt ,
cubicle ,
cut short ,
dally ,
dam ,
dawdle ,
deadlock ,
delay ,
die ,
dilatoriness ,
dither ,
dive ,
diving ,
draw rein ,
draw up ,
dress circle ,
enclosed space ,
enclosure ,
equivocate ,
fail ,
fauteuil ,
fetch up ,
filibuster ,
fill ,
fishtailing ,
flame out ,
fold ,
foot -
dragging ,
freeze ,
gain time ,
gallery ,
gatehouse ,
glide ,
glut ,
go dead ,
gorge ,
halt ,
hang ,
hang back ,
hang fire ,
haver ,
hedge ,
hedging ,
hesitate ,
hesitation ,
hold ,
hold off ,
hold -
off ,
hole ,
hollow ,
hut ,
hutch ,
interrupt ,
jade ,
kiosk ,
laxness ,
lean -
to ,
linger ,
loge ,
loiter ,
lose power ,
make time ,
manger ,
mews ,
move ,
mugwump ,
news kiosk ,
newsstand ,
nigger heaven ,
nose dive ,
obstructionism ,
orchestra ,
orchestra circle ,
outbuilding ,
outhouse ,
pall ,
paradise ,
parquet ,
parquet circle ,
parterre ,
pavilion ,
peanut gallery ,
pen ,
penitent form ,
pew ,
pit ,
play for time ,
power dive ,
pretext ,
prevaricate ,
procrastinate ,
procrastinating ,
procrastination ,
proscenium boxes ,
pull up ,
pull -
up ,
pullout ,
pushdown ,
put off ,
put paid to ,
quarters ,
quit ,
remissness ,
rolling ,
ruse ,
sate ,
section ,
sedilia ,
sentry box ,
shack ,
shanty ,
shed ,
shut down ,
sideslip ,
slackness ,
slot ,
slow down ,
slowness ,
space ,
spiral ,
sputter and stop ,
stable ,
stalemate ,
stall for time ,
stall off ,
stand ,
stand off ,
standing room ,
stay ,
stem ,
stem the tide ,
stick ,
stodge ,
stonewall ,
stonewalling ,
stooge around ,
stop ,
stop cold ,
stop dead ,
stop short ,
stratagem ,
stunting ,
sty ,
stymie ,
subterfuge ,
surfeit ,
suspend ,
table ,
tactical maneuvers ,
talk against time ,
temporization ,
temporize ,
theatre stall ,
tollbooth ,
tollhouse ,
trick ,
vacillate ,
vault ,
volplane ,
waste time ,
wile ,
zoom
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