stool

stool
noun
  1. a seat without a back or arms, typically resting on three or four legs or on a single pedestal
    凳子
  2. a piece of faeces
    (一次)大便
  3. a root or stump of a tree or plant from which shoots spring
    (生长新芽的)根株,根孽,母株
  4. (US)a decoy bird in hunting
    (美)(用来诱捕鸟的)囮鸟
verb
  1. [no obj.](of a plant) throw up shoots from the root
    (植物)从根株长出新苗
    ■[with obj.]cut back (a plant) to or near ground level in order to induce new growth
    (为了长出新芽)从靠近地面处砍断(植物)
常用词组
at stool
  1. (Medicine)when defecating
    (医)排便时
fall between two stools
  1. (Brit.)fail to be or take one of two satisfactory alternatives
    (英)两头落空
语源
  1. Old English, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch stoel, German Stuhl, also to stand. Current senses of the verb date from the late 18th cent
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