Stunt

(noun.) a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention.

(noun.) a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth.

(verb.) perform a stunt or stunts.

(verb.) check the growth or development of; 'You will stunt your growth by building all these muscles'.

录入:库尔特

• What happened is described by Adams as follows: We gathered up a couple of sounders, a battery, and sonic wire, and at the appointed time called on her to do the stunt. 弗兰克·刘易斯·戴尔. 爱迪生的生平和发明.
• The child has specific powers; to ignore that fact is to stunt or distort the organs upon which his growth depends. 约翰·杜威. 民主与教育.
• They will change inches into feet, pounds into bushels, and do other stunts that would make the average schoolboy envious when it comes to arithmetic. 佚名. 神奇的知识之书.
• Near by stood a stunted oak-tree, which was made historical by the event. 尤利西斯·格兰特. U．S．格兰特的个人回忆录.
• Here, in a thicket of stunted oaks, her verandahs spread themselves above the island-dotted waters. 伊迪丝·华顿. 纯真年代.
• YOU, who from his cradle reared him to be what he was, and stunted what he should have been! 查尔斯·狄更斯. 大卫·科波菲尔.
• Halfway down the hill the path ran near a knot of stunted hollies, which in the general darkness of the scene stood as the pupil in a black eye. 托马斯·哈代. 还乡.
• From Aucassin to Nietzsche men have resented it as a partial and stunting dream. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.
• Whoever is removing the stunting environments of our occupations is doing the fundamentals of reform. 沃尔特·李普曼. 政治序论.

整理:泰勒