| [/stuːl; stul/] n 用法:
1 (often in compounds 常用以构成复合词) seat without a back or arms, usu for one person 凳子（通常指单人的）:
a `bar stool 酒吧间的高凳 *
a `piano stool 弹钢琴坐的凳子 *
sitting on stools around the table 坐在桌子四周的凳子上. =>illus at App 1 见附录1插图, page xvi. 用法:
2 = footstool (foot1). 用法:
3 (usu pl 通常作复数) (medical or fml 医或文) (piece of) solid waste from the body; faeces 大便; 粪便. 用法:
4 (idm 习语) fall between two `stools fail to be or take either of two satisfactory alternatives 两头落空:
The author seems uncertain whether he is writing a comedy or a tragedy, so the play falls between two stools. 作者似乎拿不定主意是写喜剧还是写悲剧, 致使这个剧非驴非马. |