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英英字典: stall


KK Pronunciation

〔 stɒl 〕

Pronunciation

〔 stɒ:l 〕


Overview of noun stall

The noun stall has 7 senses


  • stall -- (a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed)

  • booth, cubicle, stall, kiosk -- (small area set off by walls for special use)

  • stall, stand, sales booth -- (a booth where articles are displayed for sale)

  • stall -- (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")

  • stall -- (seating in the forward part of the main level of a theater)

  • carrel, carrell, cubicle, stall -- (small individual study area in a library)

  • stall, stalling -- (a tactic used to mislead or delay)


Overview of verb stall

The verb stall has 7 senses


  • procrastinate, stall, drag one's feet, drag one's heels, shillyshally, dilly-dally, dillydally -- (postpone doing what one should be doing; "He did not want to write the letter and procrastinated for days")

  • stall, conk -- (come to a stop; "The car stalled in the driveway")

  • stall -- (deliberately delay an event or action; "she doesn't want to write the report, so she is stalling")

  • stall -- (put into, or keep in, a stall; "Stall the horse")

  • stall -- (experience a stall in flight, of airplanes)

  • stall -- (cause an airplane to go into a stall)

  • stall -- (cause an engine to stop; "The inexperienced driver kept stalling the car")

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