:a supply of goods kept on hand for sale to customers by a merchant, distributor, manufacturer, etc.; inventory.
:a quantity of something accumulated, as for future use: a stock of provisions.
:livestock.
:Theater. a stock company: a job in summer stock.
:Finance. the outstanding capital of a company or corporation.the shares of a particular company or corporation.the certificate of ownership of such stock; stock certificate. a tally or stick used in transactions between a debtor and a creditor.
:Horticulture. Also called understock. in grafting, a stem in which the bud or scion is inserted.a stem, tree, or plant that furnishes slips or cuttings; stock plant.
:the trunk or main stem of a tree or other plant, as distinguished from roots and branches.
:the type from which a group of animals or plants has been derived.
:a species or other related group of animals or plants.
:the person from whom a given line of descent is derived; the original progenitor.
:Anthropology. a line of descent or lineage; a racial or ethnic group.
Linguistics. a category consisting of language families that, because of resemblances in grammatical structure and vocabulary, are considered likely to be related by common origin.Compare family, phylum.
:any grouping of related languages.
:the handle of a whip, fishing rod, etc.
:Firearms. the wooden or metal piece to which the barrel and mechanism of a rifle are attached.a part of an automatic weapon, as a machine gun, similar in position or function.
:the trunk or stump of a tree, left standing.
:a dull or stupid person.
:something lifeless or senseless.
:the main upright part of anything, especially a supporting structure.
:stocks, a former instrument of punishment consisting of a framework with holes for securing the ankles and, sometimes, the wrists, used to expose an offender to public derision.Compare pillory. a frame in which a horse or other animal is secured in a standing position for shoeing or for a veterinary operation.the frame on which a boat rests while under construction.
:Nautical. a vertical shaft forming part of a rudder and controlling the rudder's movement.a transverse piece of wood or metal near the ring on some anchors.
:the metal or wooden body of a carpenter's plane.
:Metallurgy. material being smelted in a blast furnace.a metal piece to be forged.
:Printing. a specified quality or kind of paper: glossy stock; card stock; offset stock.the paper for printing a particular job: We don't have enough stock for that large a run.
:the raw material from which something is made.
:Papermaking. stuff.
:Cooking. the liquor or broth prepared by boiling meat, fish, chicken, etc., with or without vegetables or seasonings, and used especially as a foundation for soups and sauces.
:any of several plants belonging to the genus Matthiola, of the mustard family, especially M. incana, having fragrant white, blue, purple, reddish, or yellowish flowers.
:a rhizome or rootstock.
:Zoology. a compound organism, as a colony of corals.
:a collar or a neckcloth fitting like a band around the neck.
:Cards. the portion of a pack of cards that, in certain games, is not dealt out to the players, but is left on the table, to be drawn from as occasion requires.
:an adjustable wrench for holding dies for cutting screws.
:Railroads. rolling stock.
:Dominoes. boneyard.
:Informal. stock car.
:Roman Catholic Church. one of a set of three metal containers for holy oil.
:Geology, Mining. an irregular igneous intrusion, usually an offshoot of a batholith, often mineralized.
:Archaic. a stocking.
:Obsolete. the frame of a plow to which the share, handles, etc., are attached.
adj.形容词 adjective
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:kept regularly on hand, as for use or sale; staple; standard: stock articles.
:having as one's job the care of a concern's goods: a stock clerk.
:of the common or ordinary type; in common use: a stock argument.
:banal; commonplace: a stock remark.
:pertaining to or designating the breeding and raising of livestock: stock farming.
:Southern U.S. . being a fully grown male: a stock hog.
:of or relating to the stock of a company or corporation: a stock report.
:Theater. pertaining to a stock company. appearing together in a repertoire, as a company.forming part of a repertoire, as a play.being a character type fixed by convention, as in the commedia dell'-arte, a harlequinade, minstrel show, or the like.
:Informal. of, relating to, or characteristic of a stock car.
v.有主动词 verb
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:to furnish with a stock or supply.
:to furnish with stock, as a farm with horses, cattle, etc.
:to lay up in store, as for future use.
:to fasten to or provide with a stock, as a rifle, plow, bell, anchor, etc.