stall

US /stɑːl/
UK /stɑːl/
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1.

攤位, 貨攤

a stand, booth, or other small structure used for selling goods in a market or at a fair

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She set up a fruit stall at the farmer's market.
她在農貿市場設了一個水果攤位。
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The craft fair had many interesting stalls selling handmade goods.
工藝品展銷會有很多有趣的攤位出售手工製品。
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2.

馬廄, 牛棚隔間

a compartment for one animal in a stable or cowshed

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The horse was led into its stall.
馬被牽進了它的馬廄。
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Each cow had its own feeding stall.
每頭牛都有自己的餵食隔間。
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3.

熄火, 失速

a sudden loss of power in an engine, causing it to stop

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The car suffered an engine stall on the highway.
汽車在高速公路上熄火了。
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Pilots must be trained to recover from an aerodynamic stall.
飛行員必須接受訓練以從氣動失速中恢復。
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1.

停滯, 拖延

to stop or cause to stop making progress

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The negotiations have stalled due to disagreements.
由於分歧，談判停滯不前。
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He tried to stall for time by asking irrelevant questions.
他試圖通過提出不相關的問題來拖延時間。
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2.

熄火, 失速

of an engine or aircraft) stop running or operating

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The old engine began to stall frequently.
這台舊發動機開始頻繁熄火。
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The plane might stall if it loses too much speed.
如果速度過快，飛機可能會失速。
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