| 单词 | to stand stock still |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto stand stock still As still as a stock or log; quite motionless. Usually to stand stock still; rarely with other verbs or attributive. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > absence of movement > [adjective] > not moving stillc888 unmoving?a1425 quatc1425 stock-still1508 stony1642 riveting1658 sitfast1669 unstirringa1684 sedate1684 statued1744 unshifting1811 stirless1816 unwaving1818 immotioned1821 standstill1829 akinetic1841 swayless1856 flutterless1873 static1910 squat1956 1508 Golagros & Gawane (Chepman & Myllar) sig. aii*v In stede quhare he lay Stok still as ane stane. 1574 E. Hellowes tr. A. de Guevara Familiar Epist. 126 I hold him not for a good beast, that when they lade him will stand stocke still, and when they vnlade him will yark out behinde. 1664 S. Butler Hudibras: Second Pt. ii. ii. 84 Like Mules, who if th' have not their will, To keep their own pace, stand stock still. 1712 J. Addison Spectator No. 407. ¶1 Our Preachers stand stock-still in the Pulpit. 1787 ‘P. Pindar’ Lyric Odes to Royal Academicians (ed. 5) ix. 25 A brother Ensign spies the stock-still lad. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxxiii. 126 The clock—which was very near run down, and would have stood stock-still in half an hour. 1905 R. Broughton Waif's Progress xviii. 200 A horrible suspicion..stopped the observer's feet stock still. < as lemmas |
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