stool
凳子,椅子,粪便,厕所
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Definitions
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- : a single seat on legs or a pedestal and without arms or a back.
- : a short, low support on which to stand, step, kneel, or rest the feet while sitting.
- : Horticulture. the stump, base, or root of a plant from which propagative organs are produced, as shoots for layering.
- : the base of a plant that annually produces new stems or shoots.
- : a cluster of shoots or stems springing up from such a base or from any root, or a single shoot or layer.
- : a bird fastened to a pole or perch and used as a decoy.
- : an artificial duck or other bird, usually made from wood, used as a decoy by hunters.
- : a privy.
- : the fecal matter evacuated at each movement of the bowels.
- : the sill of a window.
- : a bishop's seat considered as symbolic of his authority; see.
- : the sacred chair of certain African chiefs, symbolic of their kingship.
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- : to put forth shoots from the base or root, as a plant; form a stool.
- : Slang. to turn informer; serve as a stool pigeon.
Phrases
- stool pigeon
- fall between the cracks (two stools)
Synonyms & Antonyms
Examples
A February study of 73 patients hospitalized with the coronavirus in China’s Guangdong province found more than half tested positive for the virus in their stool.
The Hong Kong scientists studied stool samples from 15 patients to better understand the virus’s activity in the gastrointestinal tract.
Since the first weeks of the pandemic, however, scientists in China have said infectious virus in the stool of patients may also play a role in transmission.
I love how the stool features a big bite of kernels missing, suggesting that it is almost too delicious to not purchase.
I needed to know more about the woman behind the corn stool, so I emailed Abi Crompton, the creative director and founder of Third Drawer.
He noticed her in the crowd while he was sitting on his stool between rounds.
Furthermore, a person with norovirus has about 70 billion viral particles per gram of stool.
I try to catch the eye of this third boy, but he plops down onto a stool and avoids my gaze.
Long wisps fall across her forehead as she sits very straight on her stool, her narrow shoulder blades drawn back elegantly.
Everman had his last drink and left for the night when a friend grabbed me by the arm, yanking me off my stool.
Tony's stool was nearer to the bass keys of the piano, while the sofa Lettice lay upon had certainly been drawn up towards him.
If, now, the patient cough or strain as if at stool, the contents of the stomach will usually be forced out through the tube.
When bleeding piles are absent, blood-streaks upon such a stool point to carcinoma.
When the mucus is small in amount and intimately mixed with the stool, the trouble is probably in the small intestine.
A Gram-positive stool due to cocci is suggestive of intestinal ulceration.