stable
英 ['steɪb(ə)l]
美 ['stebl]
- n. 馬廄；牛棚
- adj. 穩定的；牢固的；堅定的
- vi. 被關在馬廄
- vt. 趕入馬房
- n. (Stable)人名；(英)斯特布爾
助記提示
1. 主要產品(staple)一般穩定的(stable)。
2. 用訂書釘釘住(staple)當然穩定啦(stable)。
3. 站著巋然不動，確實很穩定。
4. And stable represents a parallel Latin formation to the Germanic stall (it has become specialized to a 'building for horses', whereas stall developed to 'standingplace for a single animal').
中文詞源
stable 穩定的來自拉丁語 stare,站立，詞源同 stand.-able,形容詞後綴。
stable 馬廄，馬房，養馬場來自拉丁語 stabulum,馬廄，棚屋，妓院，來自 stare,站立，詞源同 stand,-bulum,工具格後綴， 詞源同 table,fable.
英文詞源
- stable
- stable: English has two distinct words stable, but both come ultimately from the same source: the Indo-European base *stā- ‘stand’, ancestor also of English stand. The adjective stable [13] comes via Old French estable from Latin stabilis ‘standing firm’, which has also given English establish, stability [15], and stabilize [19]. It was formed from the base *stā-, as was Latin stabulum ‘standing-place’, hence ‘enclosure for animals’, which English acquired via Old French estable as stable [13]. The corresponding Germanic formation, also based on *stā-, is stall. A constable is etymologically an ‘officer in charge of stables’.
- stable (n.)
- early 13c., "building or enclosure where horses or cows are kept, building for domestic animals," from Old French stable, estable "a stable, stall" (Modern French étable), also applied to cowsheds and pigsties, from Latin stabulum "a stall, fold, aviary, beehive, lowly cottage, brothel, etc.," literally "a standing place," from PIE *ste-dhlo-, suffixed form of root *sta- "to stand" (see stet).
Meaning "collection of horses belonging to one stable" is attested from 1570s; transferred sense of "group of fighters under same management" is from 1897; that of "group of prostitutes working for the same employer" is from 1937.
For what the grete Stiede
Is stole, thanne he taketh hiede,
And makth the stable dore fast.
[John Gower, "Confessio Amantis," 1390]
- stable (adj.)
- mid-12c., "trustworthy, reliable;" mid-13c., "constant, steadfast; virtuous;" from Old French stable, estable "constant, steadfast, unchanging," from Latin stabilis "firm, steadfast, stable, fixed," figuratively "durable, unwavering," literally "able to stand," from PIE *ste-dhli-, from root *sta- "to stand" (see stet). From c. 1300 as "well-founded, well-established, secure" (of governments, etc.). Physical sense of "secure against falling" is recorded from late 14c.; also "of even temperament." Of nuclear isotopes, from 1904.
- stable (v.)
- "to put in a certain place or position," c. 1300; "to put (a horse) in a stable," early 14c., from stable (n.) or from Old French establer. Related: Stabled; stabling.
雙語例句
- 1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.
- 油價會在1992年剩下的時間裏保持穩定。
來自柯林斯例句
- 2. Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.
- 他們的性格已經完全形成，兩人都是非常持重的孩子。
來自柯林斯例句
- 3. We'vegot stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.
- 我們擁有穩定的勞力、不斷降低的利率以及低廉的石油價格。
來自柯林斯例句
- 4. As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.
- 作為首席執行官，他手下雲集了一批優雅的名人名士。
來自柯林斯例句
- 5. Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.
- 柯林小姐在來自米克·特裏齊養馬場的兩匹馬身上下了注，結果她贏了。
來自柯林斯例句