[mass noun](formal or technical)a period or state of inactivity or equilibrium (正式或技)静止状态(或时期);平衡状态(或时期) ■(Medicine)a stoppage of flow of a body fluid (医)停顿郁滞,郁积,阻塞
语源
mid 18th cent.: modern Latin, from Greek, literally standing, stoppage', from sta- base of histanai 'to stand'