stable

英 ['steɪb(ə)l] 美 ['stebl]

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解释

n. 马厩；牛棚
adj. 稳定的；牢固的；坚定的
vi. 被关在马厩
vt. 赶入马房
n. (Stable)人名；(英)斯特布尔

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中文词源

stable 稳定的

来自拉丁语 stare,站立，词源同 stand.-able,形容词后缀。

stable 马厩，马房，养马场

来自拉丁语 stabulum,马厩，棚屋，妓院，来自 stare,站立，词源同 stand,-bulum,工具格后缀，词源同 table,fable.

英文词源

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.

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例句和用法

1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.: 油价会在1992年剩下的时间里保持稳定。

2. Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.: 他们的性格已经完全形成，两人都是非常持重的孩子。

3. We'vegot stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.: 我们拥有稳定的劳力、不断降低的利率以及低廉的石油价格。

4. As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.: 作为首席执行官，他手下云集了一批优雅的名人名士。

5. Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.: 柯林小姐在来自米克·特里齐养马场的两匹马身上下了注，结果她赢了。