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1. Oxford American Dictionary

   stall

   • IPA[stôl]

   美式

   • n.
     a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area；an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides.
   • v.
     (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine；(of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls.

   • verb: stall, 3rd person present: stalls, gerund or present participle: stalling, past tense: stalled, past participle: stalled

   • noun: stall, plural noun: stalls

2. • 釋義

   n.

   名詞

   • 1. a stand, booth, or compartment for the sale of goods in a market or large covered area fruit and vegetable stalls 同義詞 stand, table, counter, booth, kiosk, ... 更多compartment
   • 2. an individual compartment for an animal in a stable or barn, enclosed on three sides. 同義詞 pen, coop, sty, corral, enclosure, ... 更多compartment, cubicle
   • ▪ a stable.
   • ▪ North American a marked-out parking space for a vehicle a parking stall
   • ▪ a compartment for one person in a shower room, restroom, or similar facility.
   • 3. a fixed seat in the choir or chancel of a church, more or less enclosed at the back and sides and often canopied, typically reserved for a particular member of the clergy.
   • 4. British the seats on the ground floor in a theater a stalls seat 同義詞 orchestra, parterre
   • 5. an instance of an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat stalling speed must be maintained to avoid a stall and loss of control

   v.

   動詞

   • 1. (of a motor vehicle or its engine) stop running, typically because of an overload on the engine her car stalled at the crossroads
   • ▪ (of an aircraft or its pilot) reach a condition where the speed is too low to allow effective operation of the controls.
   • ▪ have insufficient wind power in the sails to give controlled motion.
   • ▪ cause (an engine, vehicle, aircraft, or boat) to stall.
   • 2. stop or cause to stop making progress his career had stalled, hers taken off years of hurdles and permit applications have stalled the much-needed renovations 同義詞 obstruct, impede, interfere with, hinder, hamper, ... 更多block, interrupt, hold up, hold back, stand in the way of, frustrate, thwart, balk, inhibit, hamstring, sabotage, encumber, restrain, slow, slow down, retard, delay, stonewall, forestall, arrest, check, stop, halt, stay, derail, restrict, limit, curb, put a brake on, bridle, fetter, shackle, informalstymie, bork, raretrammel
   • ▪ speak or act in a deliberately vague way in order to gain more time to deal with a question or issue; prevaricate she was stalling for time 同義詞 use delaying tactics, play for time, temporize, gain time, hang back, ... 更多hang fire, hold back, procrastinate, hedge, beat around the bush, drag one's feet, delay, filibuster, stonewall, informalkick the can down the road
   • ▪ delay or divert (someone) by stalling stall him until I've had time to take a look 同義詞 delay, divert, distract, hold off, stave off, ... 更多fend off, keep off, ward off, keep at bay, keep at arm's length
   • 3. put or keep (an animal) in a stall, especially in order to fatten it the horses were stalled at Upper Bolney Farm