still
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Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Not moving; calm.
Sit there and stay still!
Still waters run deep.
Đồng nghĩa: fixed, stationary, unmoving, at rest, dull, impassive, inanimate, lifeless, motionless, sedent, sedentary, stationary, still, stock-still, torpid, unmoved, unmoving, calm, collected, composed, cool-headed, equable, equanimous, equanimitable, even-keeled, even-minded, even-tempered, imperturbable, laid-back, level-headed, mellow, pacate, pacific, peaceable, peaceful, phlegmatic, placid, quiescent, quiet, relaxed, roolie, sedate, serene, still, tranquil, unexcited, unfazed, unflappable, unflustered, unperturbable, unruffable, unruffled, untumultuous
- 2.
Not effervescing; not sparkling.
still water; still wines
Đồng nghĩa: flat, uneffervescent, ineffervescent, noneffervescent, nonsparkling, still, uneffervescent, ungassy, unfizzy
- 3.
Uttering no sound; silent.
Đồng nghĩa: noiseless, soundless, dumb, silent, silential, still, mute, noiseless, soundless, quiet
- 4.
(not comparable)Having the same stated quality continuously from a past time
- 5.
Comparatively quiet or silent; soft; gentle; low.
Đồng nghĩa: hushed, tranquil, faint, hushed, low, muffled, quiet, quiet as a grave, quiet as a mouse, quiet as a church mouse, soft, still, stifled, tranquil
- 6.
(obsolete)Constant; continual.
Đồng nghĩa: incessant, ongoing, unremitting, amaranthine, solid, ceaseless, constant, continual, continuate, continuous, dreich, endless, eternal, everlasting, extended, incessant, incessive, infinite, never-ending, nonstop, ongoing, perpetual, persistent, relentless, steady, still, termless, unbroken, unceasing, unending, unintermitted, uninterrupted, unremitting, lasting, permanent, successive, uniform
- 7.
(dated)(botany, dated) Dormant.
a still spore
Trạng từ
adverb- 1.
(not comparable)Without motion.
They stood still until the guard was out of sight.
- 2.
(not comparable)(aspect) Up to a time, as in the preceding time.
Is it still raining? It was still raining five minutes ago.
We’ve seen most of the sights, but we are still visiting the museum.
I’m still not wise enough to answer that.
- 3.
(not comparable)(degree) To an even greater degree. Used to modify comparative adjectives or adverbs.
Tom is tall; Dick is taller; Harry is still taller / Harry is taller still.
- 4.
(conjunctive, not comparable)Nevertheless.
I’m not hungry, but I’ll still manage to find room for dessert.
Yeah, but still...
She'd been here many times before, it was true. Still, she held out some hope.
- 5.
(archaic, not comparable, poetic)Always; invariably; constantly; continuously.
- 6.
(not comparable)(extensive) Even, yet.
Some dogs howl; more yelp; still more bark.
- 7.
(alt of, alternative, not comparable)Alternative spelling of styll.
Danh từ
noun- 1.
A period of calm or silence.
the still of the night
- 2.
(photography) A photograph, as opposed to movie footage.
- 3.
(slang)A resident of the Falkland Islands.
- 4.
A device for distilling liquids.
- 5.
(catering) A large water boiler used to make tea and coffee.
- 6.
(catering) The area in a restaurant used to make tea and coffee, separate from the main kitchen.
- 7.
A building where liquors are distilled; a distillery.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To calm down, to quiet.
to still the raging sea
- 2.
(obsolete)To trickle, drip.
- 3.
To cause to fall by drops.
- 4.
To expel spirit from by heat, or to evaporate and condense in a refrigeratory; to distill.
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ine-pro From Middle English stille (motionless, stationary), from Old English stille (still, quiet), from *stillī, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)telH- (to be silent; to be still). Cognate with stil still, stil, stil, stil, still, still, stilla, stilltur. Related to stall.