Word forms: plural, 3rd person singular present tense stocks, present participle stocking, past tense, past participle stocked
1N-COUNT [usually plural]股票;证券Stocks are shares in the ownership of a company, or investments on which a fixed amount of interest will be paid. 股票;证券 [business]
...the buying and selling of stocks and shares.
证券和股票买卖
As stock prices have dropped, so too has bank capital.
随着股价下跌,银行资本也减少了。
2N-UNCOUNT [usually poss NOUN](公司的)股本,股份 A company's stock is the amount of money which the company has through selling shares. (公司的)股本,股份 [business]
Two years later, when Compaq went public, their stock was valued at $38 million.
5VERB 在…中储备(或贮存) If you stock something such as a cupboard, shelf, or room, you fill it with food or other things. 在…中储备(或贮存) [Also VERB n PREPOSITION]
I worked stocking shelves in a grocery store. [VERB noun]
我在一家杂货店工作,负责为货架上货。
Some families stocked their cellars with food and water. [VERB noun + with]
有些家庭在地窖里储备了食品和水。
The kitchen cupboard was stocked with tins of soup. [beVERB-ed]
9N-PLURAL (尤指经过特殊饲养的)家畜,牲畜Stock are cattle, sheep, pigs, or other animals which are kept by a farmer, usually ones which have been specially bred. (尤指经过特殊饲养的)家畜,牲畜
I am carefully selecting the breeding stock.
我正在精心挑选种畜。
His herd of 170 dairy cattle and 200 young stock are kept on the land.
10ADJ [ADJ n](回答、说法或做事方式)老一套的,陈腐的 A stock answer, expression, or way of doing something is one that is very commonly used, especially because people cannot be bothered to think of something new. (回答、说法或做事方式)老一套的,陈腐的
My boss had a stock response — 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it!'.
我上司总是这一句—“别没事找事!”
National security is the stock excuse for keeping things confidential.
11N-MASS 高汤;原汤Stock is a liquid, usually made by boiling meat, bones, or vegetables in water, that is used to give flavour to soups and sauces. 高汤;原汤
12N-PLURAL (旧时惩罚犯人用的)手足枷 In former times, the stocks were an instrument of punishment. A criminal's hands and legs were locked into holes in a wooden frame while people threw things at them. (旧时惩罚犯人用的)手足枷