stagnate
英 [stæg'neɪt; 'stægneɪt]
美[stæɡ'net]
- vi. 停滞；淤塞；变萧条
- vt. 使淤塞；使沉滞；使萧条
英英释意
- 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"