stable adj. 1.稳定的;安定的;固定的。 2.意志坚定的,有恒心的。 stable currency 稳定的通货。 a stable economy 稳定的经济。 stable equilibrium 【物理学】稳[安]定平衡,(船的)复原力。 stable opinions 坚定的意见。 adv. -bly ,-ness n. n. 1.厩,马厩,马棚;〔罕用语〕牛栏,牛棚。 2.〔集合词〕同一个人所有的[一个马厩内的]全部马匹或牛。 3.〔集合词〕同一个经理人掌握的全部运动员[演员,作家等]。 4.〔常 pl.〕【军事】马厩值勤;马匹的查看(等);〔常用 stable-call〕马厩值勤号。 5.大学生用的一套解答书。 the whole stable 厩内所有马。 a stable police 〔美军俚〕马房兵。 back the wrong stable 赌错马,失算,考虑错。 stable manure 厩肥。 vt.,vi. 关进马厩(或牛棚)里,拴在马厩(牛棚)里;(马、牛)关在棚里。 Lock [Shut] the stable door when [after] the horse is stolen. 〔谚语〕贼走关门。 smell of the stable (一个人的言行)带有所从事职业的味道。 stable-boy 马夫。
door n. 1.门,户。 2.入口,门口;通道,门径,门路,关口。 3.一户,一家。 4.【船、机】盖,口。 the front [back] door 正[后]门。 a street door 临街大门。 shut the door behind [after] him 把他身后的门关上。 Mind the door! 注意门户! Is the door to 是从这道门走吗? three doors off 前面第三家。 next door 隔壁。 live next door but one 住在隔壁第二家。 a door to success 成功之道。 the door to learning 治学之道,学习的门径。 a manhole door 【造船】入孔盖,检修孔。 answer [go to] the door 应门,去开门(迎客)。 at death's door 命在旦夕,处在死亡边缘 (She remained at death's door for weeks. 她的生命好几个星期处在危险状态)。 at the door 1. 在门口,在入口处。 2. 快,即将 (stand at the door 站在门口。 It's at our doors. 问题迫在眉睫,时间很紧迫)。 behind closed doors 秘密,私下,暗中 (Family quarrels must be settled behind closed doors. 家丑不可外扬,家庭争端必须私下解决)。 close the door to 关上…的大门,使…成为不可能 (His selfishness closes the door to our reconciliation. 他的自私关上了我们和解的大门)。 close [shut] the door upon [on] 1. 把…拒于门外。 2. 把…的门堵死 (close the door upon all peddlers 堵上门禁止通行。 The incident closed the door upon his promotion. 这次事故使他不可能晋升了)。 darken the door 闯入。 from door to door 挨户,家家。 in doors 在家内,在屋内。 keep open doors 好客,款待客人。 lay (blame) at sb.'s door = lay (blame) at the door of sb. 把(责任等)归咎于(The blame of delinquency may be laid at the door of careless parents. 少年犯罪可能要归咎于父母的放纵)。 lie at sb.'s door = lie at the door of (过失等)是某人造成的 (One's mistakes generally lie at one's own door. 一个人犯错误多半是自己造成的)。 next door to 1. 邻接,在…的隔壁。 2. 很像,几乎 (Who lives next door to you 你的邻居是谁? It costs you next door to nothing. 这几乎不要你花钱)。 open a [the] door to [for] 欢迎,使…成为可能,向…开门,给…方便。 out of doors 在户外;在外,不在(家)。 point to the door 下逐客令。 put [set] sb. to the door 解聘,赶走。 see sb. to the door 送(客)。 show sb. the door 驱逐,撵走某人。 throw open the door to 对…敞开门户。 turn sb. out of doors 把某人撵出门外。 with closed doors 不公开地,秘密;独自。 with open doors 公开。 within doors 在屋内,在家里。 without doors 在户外。 adj. -ed 有门的。 adj. -less 没有门的。 adv. -wards 向着房门。
He came upon emil's mane, jaded and lather-stained, her bridle broken, chewing the scattered tufts of hay outside the stable door . 他发现爱弥儿的那匹牝马精疲力尽,身上的毛被汗水沾成一撮一撮的,马笼头也断了,它在马房门口啃嚼着零散干草。
Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen 贼去关门。 ;亡羊补牢未为晚矣。
Lock the stable door after the horse has been stolen 贼去关门。 ;亡羊补牢未为晚矣。
Lock the stable door before the steed is stolen 马未偷走前,厩门先锁上。
Who opened the stable door 谁打开了马房的门?
It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has bolted 等到马儿跑掉才关门,为时已晚。亡羊补牢,后悔已晚。
When frankie ' s confinement was over , frankie ' s friends gathered by the stable door 弗兰基幽禁期结束时,它的朋友们聚集在马厩门旁。
The jeweller had been burgled twice in a year before he decided to install extra security devices , but it was a case of locking the stable door after the horse has bolted 这个珠宝商一年内被偷窃两次后才决定安装特别的保险装置,这是一个贼去关门的事例。