stool

英 [stuːl]

美 [stuːl]

n. 凳子; 大便; 粪便
v. 长出新枝; 排便

复数：stools　现在分词：stooling　过去式：stooled　第三人称单数：stools　过去分词：stooled　

Collins.1 / BNC.5459 / COCA.5989

习惯用语

fall between two stools

两头落空；鸡飞蛋打
to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable

noun

N-COUNT 凳子
Astoolis a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back.
1. O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.
  奥布赖恩坐在一张吧凳上，胳膊肘靠在吧台上。
两头落空;鸡飞蛋打
If someonehas fallen between two stools, they are unable to decide which of two courses of action to take and as a result they have not done either of them successfully.
大便;粪便
Stoolsare the pieces of solid waste matter that are passed out of a person's body through their bowels.

noun

a simple seat without a back or arms
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Synonym:toiletcancommodecrapperpotpottythrone
(forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Synonym:fecal matterfaecal matterfecesfaecesBMorduredejection

verb

have a bowel movement
1. The dog had made in the flower beds
Synonym:defecateshittake a shittake a crapca-cacrapmake
grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
Synonym:tiller
react to a decoy, of wildfowl
lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

Someone pushed a stool at me and I sat down.
有人推一个凳子过来，让我坐下。
The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
那个凳子的红色塑料座面已经破旧不堪。
A young boy is standing on a stool, reaching for a cookie jar, and the stool is about to tip
一个小男孩正站在凳子上，伸手够一个曲奇罐子，凳子眼看就要歪了。
He drew his stool up to the table.
他把自己的凳子拉到桌子边上。
The table's a bit low for you, but then the stool's low too.
对于你，桌子是低了一点儿，凳子也低了一点儿。
He assisted her to the stool.
他帮她坐在凳子上。
She was standing on a stool putting up festoons that the children had made.
她站在凳子上挂上孩子们做的结彩。
O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.
奥布赖恩坐在一张吧凳上，胳膊肘靠在吧台上。
He straightened up slowly and spun around on the stool to face us.
他慢慢直起身子，坐在凳子上转过身来面对着我们。
The place was fairly crowded, but I found a stool at the bar.
那地方很挤，可我在酒吧里找了条凳子。