stall是什么意思

详细释义

• 0 a large table or a small shop with an open front from which goods are sold in a public place -- 貨攤，攤位；販賣處

  • In the village market, the stalls are piled high with local vegetables. 村子市集的攤位上高高堆著當地産的蔬菜。

• 1 a small closed area within a farm building in which there is space for one animal to be kept -- （農場建築中圈養單隻牲畜的）隔欄，分隔間

  • There was one bathroom with a shower stall in the corner. 有一個洗手間，角落裡有個淋浴的小隔間。

• 2 rows of fixed seats in a church, often with the sides and backs connected -- （邊緣和背部常圍起來的）靠背長排座位

• 3 If an engine stalls, or if you stall it, it stops working suddenly and without you intending it to happen. -- （使）（引擎）熄火

  • A car may stall due to the driver braking too suddenly. 司機踩刹車過猛可能會導致汽車熄火。

  • I stalled the car twice during my driving test but still managed to pass. 我在路考時兩次把車弄熄火，不過還是勉強通過了考試。

• 4 to delay taking action or avoid giving an answer in order to have more time to make a decision or get an advantage -- 拖延

  • She says she'll give me the money next week but I think she's just stalling (for time). 她說下週會把錢給我，但我認爲她只不過是在拖時間。

  • I managed to stall him for a few days until I'd got enough money to pay back the loan. 我設法拖住了他幾天，直到我籌夠了還貸款的錢。

  • mainly US The thief broke into the office while his accomplice stalled off the security guard. 小偷趁同夥拖住警衛之際，闖進了辦公室。

  • Japan's economic growth has stalled, with industrial production contracting in June for the fourth straight month. 日本經濟陷入停滯狀態，到六月份時工業產出值已連續四個月縮減。

  • Commandos stalled the enemy attack by destroying three bridges. 突擊隊破壞了三座橋，拖延了敵人的進攻。

  • Fears are growing that a tax increase may stall economic recovery. 人們越來越擔心加稅可能會阻礙經濟復甦。