6N-COUNT 马厩 A stable or stables is a building in which horses are kept. 马厩
7N-COUNT (繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场 A stable or stables is an organization that breeds and trains horses for racing. (繁殖、训练赛马的)养马场
Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注,结果她赢了。
8VERB [usually passive]把(马)关进马厩 When horses are stabled, they are put into a stable. 把(马)关进马厩
The animals had been fed and stabled. [beVERB-ed]
牲畜已经喂好并关进厩里了。
You should allow your stabled horse a couple of hours' freedom per day. [VERB-ed]
你应该每天把关在马厩里的马放出来自由活动几个小时。
9N-COUNT [with supplement, usually NOUNof n]接受同一经纪人服务的一群人 You can say that someone has a stable of people when they manage and promote the careers of that group of people. 接受同一经纪人服务的一群人
As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
作为首席执行官,他手下云集了一批优雅的名人名士。
10PHRASE [VERB inflects]亡羊补牢 If you say that someone has closed or shut the stable door after the horse has bolted, you mean that they have tried to prevent something happening but they have done so too late to prevent damage being done. 亡羊补牢
1not likely to move不大可能移動VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, feel, look, seem穩固;感覺穩固;看上去牢固;好像牢固▸➤make sth使⋯穩固▸➤keep sth使⋯保持穩固◇Put a book under the table leg to keep it stable.在桌腿下墊本書以使其平穩。ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常穩固▸➤perfectly, quite絕對/完全牢固◇Don't worry-it's perfectly stable!別擔心,它絕對穩當!➤enough, sufficiently足夠平穩◇The unit is stable enough on level ground.這個部件在平地上足夠平穩。stable
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2not likely to change suddenly不大可能突然改變VERBS | ADVERBVERBS➤be, look, seem穩定;看上去穩定;好像穩定▸➤become變得穩定▸➤remain保持穩定▸➤keep sth使⋯保持穩定◇attempts to keep prices stable保持價格穩定的種種努力ADVERB➤extremely, fairly, very, etc.極其/頗為/非常穩定▸➤highly, remarkably極其/異常穩定▸➤completely, perfectly完全/十分穩定◇Animals rarely live in completely stable environments.動物很少生活在完全穩定的環境裏。➤comparatively, more or less, reasonably, relatively, roughly比較/大體/還算/相對/大致穩定▸➤enough, sufficiently足夠穩定◇He was not emotionally stable enough to think through his decision.他情緒不夠穩定,不能清楚地思考他的決定。➤apparently看起來穩定▸➤emotionally, financially, politically情緒/財政/政治穩定