stunt

英 [st?nt] 美[st?nt]
  • n. 噱頭，手腕；絕技
  • vt. 阻礙…的正常生長或發(fā)展
  • vi. 表演特技；作驚人表演
  • n. (Stunt)人名；(英)斯坦特
CET6+TEM4GRETOEFL低頻詞常用詞匯

詞態(tài)變化

復(fù)數(shù):?stunts;第三人稱單數(shù):?stunts;過去式:?stunted;過去分詞:?stunted;現(xiàn)在分詞:?stunting;

助記提示

1. stun => stuned => stunt (很像不規(guī)則的過去分詞).
2. 諧音“死擋他”。

中文詞源

stunt 阻礙，遏制，發(fā)育不良

來自中古英語 stunt,矮的，發(fā)育不良的，來自古英語 stunt,愚笨的，來自 Proto-Germanic*stuntaz, 短的，矮小的，愚笨的，詞源同 stint.

英文詞源

stunt (v.)
"check in growth, dwarf," 1650s, from verb uses of Middle English adjective stunnt "foolish," from Old English stunt "short-witted, foolish" (as in stuntspr?c "foolish talk"), from Proto-Germanic *stuntaz (source of Old Norse stuttr "short"). Related: Stunted; stunting.
stunt (n.)
"feat to attract attention," 1878, American English college sports slang, of uncertain origin. Speculated to be a variant of colloquial stump "dare, challenge" (1871), or of German stunde, literally "hour." The movie stunt man is attested from 1930.

雙語例句

1. It was all a publicity stunt.
這完全是個宣傳噱頭。

來自柯林斯例句

2. Everyone saw the stunt you pulled on me.
大家都看見了你對我耍的花招。

來自柯林斯例句

3. Lack of water will stunt the plant's growth.
缺水會妨礙植物生長。

來自《權(quán)威詞典》

4. Lack of the right food may stunt growth.
缺乏適當(dāng)?shù)氖澄飼璧K發(fā)育.

來自《簡明英漢詞典》

5. Her latest disappearing act may be no more than a stunt, or a smart career move.
她最近玩消失也許只是一個噱頭，或是其職業(yè)生涯上的一著妙棋。

來自柯林斯例句