stool

英 [stuːl]

美 [stuːl]

n. 凳子; 大便; 粪便
v. 长出新枝; 排便

复数：stools　现在分词：stooling　过去式：stooled　第三人称单数：stools　过去分词：stooled　

Collins.1 / BNC.5459 / COCA.5989

习惯用语

fall between two stools

两头落空；鸡飞蛋打
to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable

noun

N-COUNT 凳子
Astoolis a seat with legs but no support for your arms or back.
1. O'Brien sat on a bar stool and leaned his elbows on the counter.
  奥布赖恩坐在一张吧凳上，胳膊肘靠在吧台上。
两头落空;鸡飞蛋打
If someonehas fallen between two stools, they are unable to decide which of two courses of action to take and as a result they have not done either of them successfully.
大便;粪便
Stoolsare the pieces of solid waste matter that are passed out of a person's body through their bowels.

noun

a simple seat without a back or arms
a plumbing fixture for defecation and urination
Synonym:toiletcancommodecrapperpotpottythrone
(forestry) the stump of a tree that has been felled or headed for the production of saplings
solid excretory product evacuated from the bowels
Synonym:fecal matterfaecal matterfecesfaecesBMorduredejection

verb

have a bowel movement
1. The dog had made in the flower beds
Synonym:defecateshittake a shittake a crapca-cacrapmake
grow shoots in the form of stools or tillers
Synonym:tiller
react to a decoy, of wildfowl
lure with a stool, as of wild fowl

I've brought this stool to sit on.
我带来这个凳子是坐的。
A high stool in the kitchen figured in early adventures.
厨房里的一个高凳子在我早期的冒险中发挥了重要作用。
I want a specimen of your urine ( stool).
我要一点你尿液（大便）的样品。
The stool had a torn, red plastic seat.
那个凳子的红色塑料座面已经破旧不堪。
The stool is placed in front of the door, so people often bump against it when walking by.
凳子放在门口，走路的时候总是磕碰。
She moved a stool over and sat down by the stove.
她搬过个凳子来，坐在火炉旁。
Look out! Don't knock the stool over.
哎，别把凳子碰倒了！
She was standing on a stool putting up festoons that the children had made.
她站在凳子上挂上孩子们做的结彩。
I first brought a small stool, a butt and sat down.
我先拿来一只小板凳，一屁股坐了下去。
He assisted her to the stool.
他帮她坐在凳子上。