stagnate
英 [st?g'ne?t; 'st?gne?t]
美[st?ɡ'net]
- vi. 停滯；淤塞；變蕭條
- vt. 使淤塞；使沉滯；使蕭條
英英釋意
- 1. stand still;
- "Industry will stagnate if we do not stimulate our economy"
- 2. cause to stagnate;
- "There are marshes that stagnate the waters"
- 3. cease to flow; stand without moving;
- "Stagnating waters"
- "blood stagnates in the capillaries"
- 4. be idle; exist in a changeless situation;
- "The old man sat and stagnated on his porch"
- "He slugged in bed all morning"