still

• adv. 仍然；更；靜止地
• adj. 靜止的，不動的；寂靜的，平靜的；不起泡的
• n. 寂靜；劇照；蒸餾室
• conj. 仍然；但是；盡管如此
• vt. 蒸餾；使…靜止；使…平靜下來
• vi. 靜止；平靜；蒸餾
• n. (Still)人名；(英、芬、瑞典)斯蒂爾；(德)施蒂爾

來自古英語 stille,固定的，不動的，來自 Proto-Germanic*stilli,固定的，來自 PIE*stel,放置， 站立，詞源同 stall,stand.引申詞義靜止的，安靜的，及副詞詞義仍舊，仍然等。

still

still: The adjective still ‘not moving’ [OE] comes from a prehistoric West Germanic *stillja or *stellja, which also produced German still and Dutch stil. It was derived from the base *stel- ‘fixed, not moving, standing’ (a variant of which lies behind English stalemate and stall). It was used as an adverb in the Old English period, denoting ‘not changing physical position’, and this gradually evolved metaphorically via ‘never changing or stopping, always’ to (in the 16th century) ‘until now’.

The noun still ‘distilling apparatus’ [16] is of course a different word. It comes from the now defunct verb still ‘distil’. This was short for distil [14], which came from Latin distillāre, a derivative ultimately of the noun stilla ‘drop’ (source also of English instil [16]).
=> stalemate, stall; distil, instil

still (adj.)

Old English stille "motionless, stable, fixed, stationary," from Proto-Germanic *stilli- (cognates: Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch stille, Dutch stil, Old High German stilli, German still), from PIE root *stel- "to put, stand," with derivatives referring to a standing object or place (see stall (n.1)). Meaning "quiet, calm, gentle, silent" emerged in later Old English. Euphemistic for "dead" in stillborn, etc. Still small voice is from KJV:

And he said, Go forth, and stand upon the mount before the LORD. And, behold, the LORD passed by, and a great and strong wind rent the mountains, and brake in pieces the rocks before the LORD; but the LORD was not in the wind: and after the wind an earthquake; but the LORD was not in the earthquake: and after the earthquake a fire; but the LORD was not in the fire: and after the fire a still small voice. [1 Kings 19:11-13]

Used as a conjunction from 1722.

still (n.1)

"distilling apparatus," 1530s, from Middle English stillen "to distill" (c. 1300), a variant of distillen (see distill).

still (v.)

Old English stillan "to be still, have rest; to quiet, calm, appease; to stop, restrain," from stille "at rest" (see still (adj.)). Cognate with Old Saxon stillian, Old Norse stilla, Dutch, Old High German, German stillen. Related: Stilled; stilling.

still (n.2)

c. 1200, "a calm," from still (adj.). Sense of "quietness, the silent part" is from c. 1600 (in still of the night). Meaning "a photograph" (as distinguished from a motion picture) is attested from 1916.

still (adv.)

"even now, even then, yet" (as in still standing there), 1530s, from still (adj.) in the sense "without change or cessation, continual" (c. 1300); the sense of "even, yet" (as in still more) is from 1730.

1. English has hurt me a thousand times, but I still regard it as my first love.

英語傷我千百遍，我待英語如初戀。

來自金山詞霸 每日一句

2. As a group, today's old people are still relatively deprived.

總的來說，當今的老年人依然相對貧困。

來自柯林斯例句

3. The Democratic candidate is still leading in the polls.

民主黨候選人的得票數依然領先。

來自柯林斯例句

4. He's still learning and when he hits his stride, he'll be unstoppable.

他仍舊處在學習階段，一旦駕輕就熟後將勢不可擋。

來自柯林斯例句

5. The new system is still in the planning stages.

新體係仍處於規劃階段。

來自柯林斯例句