stall

1.【航】失速;失举

2.口实,借口;拖延,搪塞,敷衍;欺骗办法

3.畜舍的一个隔栏;马房,牛棚

4.(房舍内的)分隔小间;〈美〉汽车间

5.售货摊;棚店;售品陈列台

6.〈英〉(戏院楼下)正厅前座(观众)

7.(教堂里的)牧师席;教徒们的长排坐椅

8.【矿】矿坑,采煤道;泥窑;敞式矿砂焙烧炉

9.橡皮手脚指护套

10.小分隔间

11.(盗贼或扒手的)同党

1.〈美〉使(马,车)陷入泥中[雪中],使进退不得,(使机车等)停顿,停止

2.拖延;支吾,敷衍

3.把...关进马房[牛栏];把(牲畜)关着养肥

4.把(畜舍)分成小格

5.【航】使失速

6.〈古〉授予(职位)

7.欺骗;逃避

8.【航】失速;失举

9.(发动机)发生障碍,停止,停顿

10.住在畜舍内

11.陷入泥中[雪中]

1.a narrow space for one animal such as a horse or pig; a frame in which a horse waits before it starts a race

2.an occasion when a vehicle’s engine suddenly stops working

3.a small room for a shower or a toilet. The British word is cubicle.

4.a large table or a small building that is open at the front, used for selling things or for giving people information

5.the seats in front of the stage on the lowest level of a theater, movie theater, etc.; a seat in a church in which a priest or singer sits

1.if a process stalls, or if someone stalls it, it stops making progress

2.if a vehicle or its engine stalls, or if the driver stalls it, it suddenly stops working because not enough power is reaching the engine

3.to refuse to answer or decide something in order to gain more time; to make someone wait or stay somewhere in order to gain more time