Stunt
[stʌnt]
解释:
(noun.) a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention.
(noun.) a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth.
(verb.) perform a stunt or stunts.
(verb.) check the growth or development of; 'You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles'.
录入:库尔特--From WordNet
解释:
(v. t.) To hinder from growing to the natural size; to prevent the growth of; to stint, to dwarf; as, to stunt a child; to stunt a plant.
(n.) A check in growth; also, that which has been checked in growth; a stunted animal or thing.
(n.) Specifically: A whale two years old, which, having been weaned, is lean, and yields but little blubber.
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同义词及近义词:
v. a. Dwarf, stop the growth of, hinder from growth.
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解释:
v.t. to hinder from growth to dwarf check.—n. a check in growth: an animal whose growth is stunted.—adj. Stunt′ed dwarfed.—n. Stunt′edness state of being stunted.
整理:鲁道夫
例句:
- What happened is described by Adams as follows: We gathered up a couple of sounders, a battery, and sonic wire, and at the appointed time called on her to do the stunt. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
- The child has specific powers; to ignore that fact is to stunt or distort the organs upon which his growth depends. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
- They will change inches into feet, pounds into bushels, and do other stunts that would make the average schoolboy envious when it comes to arithmetic. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
- Near by stood a stunted oak-tree, which was made historical by the event. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U.S.格兰特的个人回忆录.
- Here, in a thicket of stunted oaks, her verandahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
- YOU, who from his cradle reared him to be what he was, and stunted what he should have been! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
- Halfway down the hill the path ran near a knot of stunted hollies, which in the general darkness of the scene stood as the pupil in a black eye. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
- From Aucassin to Nietzsche men have resented it as a partial and stunting dream. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
- Whoever is removing the stunting environments of our occupations is doing the fundamentals of reform. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
整理:泰勒