stagnate 音标拼音: [st'ægn
, et]
vt .
vi . (使)淤塞,(使)停滞,(使)沉滞,(使)变萧条
(使)淤塞,(使)停滞,(使)沈滞,(使)变萧条
stagnate v 1 :
stand still ; "
Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy "
2 :
cause to stagnate ; "
There are marshes that stagnate the waters "
3 :
cease to flow ;
stand without moving ; "
Stagnating waters ";
"
blood stagnates in the capillaries "
4 :
be idle ;
exist in a changeless situation ; "
The old man sat and stagnated on his porch "; "
He slugged in bed all morning "
[
synonym : {
idle }, {
laze }, {
slug }, {
stagnate }] [
ant : {
work }]
Stagnate \
Stag "
nate \ (
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v .
i . [
imp . &
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{
Stagnated } (-
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p .
pr . &
vb .
n . {
Stagnating }.]
[
L .
stagnatus ,
p .
p .
of stagnare to stagnate ,
make stagnant ,
from stagnum a piece of standing water .
See {
Stank }
a pool ,
and cf . {
Stanch },
v .
t .]
1 .
To cease to flow ;
to be motionless ;
as ,
blood stagnates in the veins of an animal ;
hence ,
to become impure or foul by want of motion ;
as ,
air stagnates in a close room .
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2 .
To cease to be brisk or active ;
to become dull or inactive ;
as ,
commerce stagnates ;
business stagnates .
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Ready -
witted tenderness . . .
never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope .
--
Sir W .
Scott .
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Stagnate \
Stag "
nate \ (-
n [
asl ]
t ),
a .
Stagnant . [
Obs .] "
A stagnate mass of vapors ." --
Young .
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40 Moby Thesaurus words for "
stagnate ":
be a sideliner ,
be still ,
coast ,
constipate ,
decay ,
decline ,
decompose ,
degenerate ,
delay ,
deteriorate ,
do nothing ,
drift ,
fust ,
go to pot ,
go to seed ,
hang fire ,
hibernate ,
idle ,
just be ,
languish ,
lie dormant ,
merely exist ,
moulder ,
not budge ,
not stir ,
pass the time ,
rest ,
rot ,
rust ,
sit back ,
sit it out ,
sleep ,
slumber ,
smolder ,
spoil ,
stifle ,
trammel ,
vegetate ,
wait and see ,
watch and wait
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