• n. 馬廄；牛棚
• adj. 穩(wěn)定的；牢固的；堅(jiān)定的
• vi. 被關(guān)在馬廄
• vt. 趕入馬房
• n. (Stable)人名；(英)斯特布爾

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) stare,站立，詞源同 stand.-able,形容詞后綴。

來(lái)自拉丁語(yǔ) stabulum,馬廄，棚屋，妓院，來(lái)自 stare,站立，詞源同 stand,-bulum,工具格后綴， 詞源同 table,fable.

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.

1. The price of oil should remain stable for the rest of 1992.

油價(jià)會(huì)在1992年剩下的時(shí)間里保持穩(wěn)定。

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2. Their characters are fully formed and they are both very stable children.

他們的性格已經(jīng)完全形成，兩人都是非常持重的孩子。

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3. We'vegot stable labor, decreasing interest rates, low oil prices.

我們擁有穩(wěn)定的勞力、不斷降低的利率以及低廉的石油價(jià)格。

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4. As chief executive, he assembled a polished stable of celebrities.

作為首席執(zhí)行官，他手下云集了一批優(yōu)雅的名人名士。

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5. Miss Curling won on two horses from Mick Trickey's stable.

柯林小姐在來(lái)自米克·特里齊養(yǎng)馬場(chǎng)的兩匹馬身上下了注，結(jié)果她贏了。

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