stationary

stationary
adjective
  1. not moving or not intended to be moved
    不动的,静止的;稳定的,不可移动的
    a car collided with a stationary vehicle.
    一辆小汽车与一辆停放的车辆相撞。
    ■(Astronomy)(of a planet) having no apparent motion in longitude
    (天文)(行星)经度无明显移动的
    ■not changing in quantity or condition
    (数量,状况)稳定的,不变的
    a stationary population.
    数目稳定的人口。
stationariness
noun
语源
  1. late Middle English: from Latin stationarius (originally in the sense 'belonging to a military station'), from statio(n-) 'standing' (see station)
用法
  1. The words stationary and stationery are often confused. Stationary is an adjective which means ‘not moving or not intended to be moved’, as in a car collided with a stationary vehiclewhereas stationery is a noun which means ‘writing and other office materials’, as in I wrote to my father on the hotel stationeryAround 5 per cent of the citations for stationary on the Oxford English Corpus are incorrect
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