英语词汇“stable”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

单词	stable
释义	sta·ble I. \ˈstābəl\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabulum, from stare to stand — more at stand 1. : a building or part of a building in which domestic animals are lodged and fed; especially : such a building having stalls or compartments < the horse stable is in the main barn, the cow stable is separate > 2. a. : a group of racing horses under one ownership or management; also : the horses of such a group or the persons concerned with the ownership, operation, or management of such a group b. : a group or staff of people (as artists, comedians, speakers, writers) engaged to contribute their services or perform when called upon : pool: (1) : a group of athletes (as boxers or tennis players) under the direction of a single manager (2) : a group of prostitutes working for a pimp c. : a group of things under a single ownership or management < a stable of publications > < a stable of racing cars > < a stable of five suits — Mel Watkins > 3. stables plural a. : military duty in the stables b. : the bugle call to such duty II. verb (stabled ; stabled ; stabling \-b(ə)liŋ\ ; stables) Etymology: Middle English stablen, from Middle French establer, from Latin stabulare, from stabulum *transitive verb* : to put or keep (as animals) in a stable : house < horses and cows were stabled on the lower floor — American Guide Series: North Carolina > < garage … redesigned to stable neighborhood Cadillacs — Newsweek > *intransitive verb* : to dwell in or as if in a stable III. adjective (often stabler \-b(ə)lə(r)\ ; often stablest \-b(ə)lə̇st\) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French estable, from Latin stabilis, from stare to stand + -abilis -able — more at stand 1. a. : firmly established : not easily moved, shaken, or overthrown : solid, fixed, steadfast < so long upon the moving, rocking sea that the stable land was a shock to us — Jack London > < the sawmill village with sawdust streets became a stable community and was incorporated as a city — American Guide Series: Michigan > < dictatorship always appears stable — Christian Science Monitor > < stable habits > < a stable theory > b. : not subject to sudden change : subject to relatively limited fluctuation : durable, unvarying < stable currency > < a stable economy > < a general trend toward a stable population, rather than one that will continue to increase — K.F.Mather > < some industries are quite stable inasmuch as no basic changes in technique occur for a long period of time — E.B.Alderfer & H.E.Michl > < a relatively stable society, where class mobility is reasonably low, where the individual remains, both physically and socially, in the place in which he was born — Leslie Cheek > < the personnel of the Supreme Court remained relatively stable — R.K.Carr > c. : abiding, enduring, persisting, permanent < a stable peace > < your name will travel widely over the world, but will have no stable habitation — J.A.Froude > 2. a. : steady in purpose : firm in resolution b. : not subject to insecurity or emotional illness : sane, rational < a stable personality > < many boys are not emotionally stable and, as a result, behave in a way that makes some adults believe them to be retarded — H.A.Delp > 3. a. : placed so as to resist forces tending to cause motion or change of motion : designed so as to develop forces that restore the original condition when disturbed from a condition of equilibrium or steady motion < an airplane is stable if, when it is disturbed from a balanced condition of flight (whether level, climbing or gliding), its tendency is to return to that condition — Skyways > b. : of such structure as to resist distortion c. (1) : not readily decomposing or changing otherwise in chemical composition or biological activity (as spontaneously or under the influence of heat, acid, or alkali) < penicillin … is stable at a point about neutrality — American Scholar > (2) : not readily changing in physical state or properties < a stable emulsion > < a stable substance never changes spontaneously into a metastable one — Samuel Glasstone > (3) : not spontaneously radioactive or observably so < a stable isotope > < a stable nucleus >
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