stagnate (第三人稱單數簡單現在時 stagnates,現在分詞 stagnating,一般過去時及過去分詞 stagnated)
- 停止運動,停止進步
- (指水,空氣等) 停止流動,阻滯
If the water stagnates, algae will grow.- 水不流動就會長藻類。
- (指水,空氣等) 悶,因不流動而不新鮮
Air stagnates in a closed room.- 空氣在密室里很悶。
- 停止發展,阻滯
- 1826, Walter Scott, Woodstock
- Ready-witted tenderness […] never stagnates in vain lamentations while there is any room for hope.
2003, Ernest Verity, Get Wisdom, →ISBN,第 434 頁:Listening to what others say, especially to what they teach, prevents our minds stagnating, thus promoting mental growth into old age.- (請為本引文添加中文翻譯)