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stool

/stool/US // stul //UK // (stuːl) //

凳子,椅子,粪便,厕所

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1
    • : 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.
v.无主动词 verb
  1. 1
    • : 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.