stall
英 [st??l]
美[st?l]
- n. 貨攤；畜欄；托辭
- vi. 停止，停轉(zhuǎn)；拖延
- vt. 拖延；使停轉(zhuǎn)；使陷于泥中
- n. (Stall)人名；(瑞典)斯塔爾
英英釋意
- 1. a compartment in a stable where a single animal is confined and fed
- 2. small area set off by walls for special use
- 3. a booth where articles are displayed for sale
- 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. small individual study area in a library
- 6. a tactic used to mislead or delay