stagnant
adjective /ˈstæɡnənt/
/ˈstæɡnənt/
- stagnant water or air is not moving and therefore smells unpleasant
(水或空气)不流动而污浊的 - Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
很少有鱼在湖的死水中存活。
- Few fish survive in the stagnant waters of the lake.
- not developing, growing or changing
synonym static停滞的;不发展的;无变化的 - a stagnant economy
停滞的经济 - a stagnant population
停滞不前的人口 - The housing market has been largely stagnant over the past few months.
过去几个月,房地产市场基本上停滞不前。
- a stagnant economy
词源mid 17th cent.: from Latin stagnant- ‘forming a pool of standing water’, from the verb stagnare, from stagnum ‘pool’.