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stool

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++
Related topics: Furniture, Human
stool /stuːl/ ●●● S3 noun [countable]  1 bar_stool.jpg DHFa seat that has three or four legs, but no back or arms 凳子 a bar stool 酒吧高凳4  See picture of 见图 CHAIR 15 see picture at 见图 chair12. medicalHBH a piece of solid waste from your bowels 大便,粪便
Examples from the Corpus
stoolYou would be safer packing a bucket and a stool and driving a few miles to your nearest Holstein.Under the window was an easel and a stool and beside it a battered chest of drawers.a bar stoolI was sitting on my fishing stool wearing winter clothes, and a sailcloth robe thrown over me for extra warmth.Elder Brother fetched his stool and sat with the others.He and his girlfriend occupied two stools and had a lot of attitude because they were so successful.The fluid and ions are lost as watery stool.She was sitting on a tall wooden stool with a cleaver in her hand, chopping leeks.bar stoolNicola was shown on a bar stool in a black skirt that barely hid her crutch.I jumped up on a bar stool and began making a speech.They also provide a more comfortable perch than a bar stool for those most interested in conversation.If a patron throws a bar stool, Pat will at least have experience at dealing with it.I strolled over to a bar stool, mounted up and set Barry down in an ashtray.Professor Ito pulls himself up tall on his bar stool.A firm in Maidenhead designed an hydraulically operated bar stool with a large base housing a compressed air tank.He hoisted himself on to one of the bar stools and nodded in greeting to the barman who was busy serving another customer.
Origin stool Old English stol
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stool
stool /stuːl/ noun [countable]
 Language: Old English
 Origin: stol

1. a seat that has three or four legs, but no back or arms:
    a bar stool
2. medical a piece of solid waste from your bowels


stoolBrE /stuːl/ 🔊NAmE /stuːl/ 🔊 noun
(often in compounds 常构成复合词) a seat with legs but with nothing to support your back or arms 凳子a bar stool酒吧高凳a piano stool钢琴凳
(medical 医学) a piece of solid waste from your body 粪便;大便fall between two ˈstools(BrE) to fail to be or to get either of two choices, both of which would have been acceptable 两头落空;鸡飞蛋打